The component skills underlying reading fluency in adolescent readers: A latent variable analysis

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 567-590

  Barth, Amy Elizabeth ^a   Catts, Hugh W ^b   Anthony, Jason L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Decoding; Language comprehension; Naming speed; Reading fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 63949088200     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-008-9125-y     Document Type: Article

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