Effects of a randomised reading intervention study: An application of structural equation modelling

Dyslexia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-311

  Wolff, Ulrika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dyslexia; intervention; phonological awareness; reading fluency

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONEME; PUPIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SWEDEN;

AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHONETICS; READING;

EID: 80055030813     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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