First-Grade Cognitive Abilities as Long-Term Predictors of Reading Comprehension and Disability Status

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-231

  Fuchs, Douglas ^a   Compton, Donald L ^a   Fuchs, Lynn S ^a   Bryant, V Joan ^a   Hamlett, Carol L ^a   Lambert, Warren ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive abilities; reading comprehension; reading disability identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING;

CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING;

EID: 84860163577     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219412442154     Document Type: Article

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