Literacy as a complex activity: Deconstructing the simple view of reading

Literacy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-66

  Stuart, Morag ^a   Stainthorp, Rhona ^b   Snowling, Maggie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Language comprehension; Printed word recognition; Reading development; Simple view

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349263225     PISSN: 17414350     EISSN: 17414369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4369.2008.00490.x     Document Type: Review

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