A meta-analysis of morphological interventions: Effects on literacy achievement of children with literacy difficulties

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-208

  Goodwin, Amanda P ^a   Ahn, Soyeon ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning disabilities; Literacy achievement; Morphological intervention; Reading disabilities; Reading instruction

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PHONETICS; READING; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; REMEDIAL TEACHING; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78349312359     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-010-0041-x     Document Type: Article

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