Predicting reading comprehension of narrative and expository texts among Hebrew-speaking readers with and without a reading disability

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-268

  Primor, Liron ^a   Pierce, Margaret E ^b   Katzir, Tami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Narrative and expository texts; Reading comprehension; Reading disability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NARRATION; READING;

EID: 81455154339     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-011-0059-8     Document Type: Article

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