Naming speed and reading: From prediction to instruction

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-362

  Kirby, John R ^a   Georgiou, George K ^b   Martinussen, Rhonda ^c   Parrila, Rauno ^b   Bowers, Patricia ^d   Landerl, Karin ^e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Article; Assessment; Childhood; Comprehension; Decoding; Fluency; Phonics; Special needs; Struggling; Theoretical

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954366040     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.45.3.4     Document Type: Article

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