The relations among oral and silent reading fluency and comprehension in middle school: Implications for identification and instruction of students with reading difficulties

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-135

  Denton, Carolyn A ^a   Barth, Amy E ^b   Fletcher, Jack M ^b   Wexler, Jade ^c   Vaughn, Sharon ^c   Cirino, Paul T ^b   Romain, Melissa ^b   Francis, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 79951982031     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888431003623546     Document Type: Article

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