Effects of reading goals on reading comprehension, reading rate, and allocation of working memory in children and adolescents with spina bifida meningomyelocele

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-525

  English, Lianne ^a   Barnes, Marcia A ^b,c   Fletcher, Jack M ^d   Dennis, Maureen ^c,e   Raghubar, Kimberly P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Metacognition; Neural tube defect; Reading comprehension strategies; Reading fluency; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 77952553697     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710000123     Document Type: Article

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