Adults with reading disabilities: Converting a meta-analysis to practice

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-30

  Swanson, H Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; meta analysis; reading disabilities; synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; META ANALYSIS; READING; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856194270     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219411426856     Document Type: Review

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