Relations among oral reading fluency, silent reading fluency, and reading comprehension: A latent variable study of first-grade readers

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 338-362

  Kim, Young Suk ^a   Wagner, Richard K ^a   Foster, Elizabeth ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958214011     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2010.493964     Document Type: Article

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