Ameliorating Children's Reading-Comprehension Difficulties: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1106-1116

  Clarke, Paula J ^a   Snowling, Margaret J ^a   Truelove, Emma ^a   Hulme, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children's reading difficulties; randomized controlled trial; reading; reading comprehension difficulties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCHOOL;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; READING; SCHOOLS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78049232279     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610375449     Document Type: Article

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