Relationships among reading skills of adults with low literacy

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-138

  Sabatini, John P ^a   Sawaki, Yasuyo ^b   Shore, Jane R ^a   Scarborough, Hollis S ^c  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult literacy; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SPEECH; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649257204     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219409359343     Document Type: Article

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