Effects of Three Interventions on the Reading Skills of Children With Reading Disabilities in Grade 2

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-135

  Gustafson, Stefan ^a   Fälth, Linda ^b   Svensson, Idor ^b   Tjus, Tomas ^c   Heimann, Mikael ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

individual differences; intervention; reading disability; response to intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEACHING;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; REMEDIAL TEACHING;

EID: 79952571557     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219410391187     Document Type: Article

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