Students with reading and spelling disabilities: Peer groups and educational attainment in secondary education

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 556-569

  Kiuru, Noona ^a   Haverinen, Kaisa ^b   Salmela Aro, Katariina ^c   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a   Savolainen, Hannu ^b   Holopainen, Leena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

adolescence; educational attainment; peer groups; reading and spelling disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; STUDENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PEER GROUP; READING; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053494492     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219410392043     Document Type: Article

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