Reading fluency: Implications for the assessment of children with reading disabilities

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Meisinger, Elizabeth B ^a   Bloom, Juliana S ^b   Hynd, George W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dyslexia; Phonological processing; Rapid naming; Reading disability; Reading fluency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 77953960489     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-009-0031-z     Document Type: Article

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