Reading profiles for adults with low-literacy: Cluster analysis with power and speeded measures

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 975-992

  Mellard, Daryl F ^a   Fall, Emily ^a   Mark, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult education; Low literacy; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349509242     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-008-9136-8     Document Type: Article

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