Making the right connections: Differential effects of reading intervention for subgroups of comprehenders

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-111

  McMaster, Kristen L ^a   den Broek, Paul van ^b   A Espin, Christine ^b   White, Mary Jane ^a   Rapp, David N ^c   Kendeou, Panayiota ^d   Bohn Gettler, Catherine M ^e   Carlson, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY PAFOS   (Cyprus)

^e WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive profiles; Reading comprehension; Reading intervention; Struggling readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855440719     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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