Increasing word-reading speed in poor readers: No additional benefits of explicit letter-cluster training

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-185

  Marinus, Eva ^a   de Jong, Peter ^a   van der Leij, Aryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84859386712     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2011.554471     Document Type: Article

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