A Breakthrough for Josh: How Use of an iPad Facilitated Reading Improvement

TechTrends

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 20-28

  McClanahan, Barbara ^a   Williams, Kristen ^a   Kennedy, Ed ^b   Tate, Susan ^c  

^a SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grandview Public School   (United States)

^c Swink Public School OK   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; eBooks; educational technology; eReaders; intervention; iPad; reading strategies; struggling readers; tablet computers; tutoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859170855     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-012-0572-6     Document Type: Article

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