Teaching word recognition to children with severe learning difficulties: An exploratory comparison of teaching methods

Educational Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-391

  Sheehy, Kieron ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handle technique; Morphing; Pedagogy; Severe learning difficulties; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649504424     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880903156955     Document Type: Article

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