Cognitive skills and literacy performance of Chinese adolescents with and without dyslexia

Reading and Writing

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 835-859

  Chung, Kevin K H ^a   Ho, Connie S H ^b   Chan, David W ^c   Tsang, Suk Man ^d   Lee, Suk Han ^d  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chinese language; Developmental dyslexia; Reading and spelling difficulties

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960088995     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-010-9227-1     Document Type: Article

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