Computer-Assisted Remedial Reading Intervention for School Beginners at Risk for Reading Disability

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1013-1028

  Saine, Nina L ^a   Lerkkanen, Marja Kristiina ^a   Ahonen, Timo ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Lyytinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHONETICS; REMEDIAL TEACHING; RISK FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79955609263     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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