Reading Comprehension Interventions for Middle School Students With Learning Disabilities: A Synthesis of 30 Years of Research

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-340

  Solis, Michael ^a   Ciullo, Stephen ^a   Vaughn, Sharon ^a   Pyle, Nicole ^a   Hassaram, Bindiya ^a   Leroux, Audrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

learning disabilities; middle school; reading comprehension; synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READING; RESEARCH;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; READING; RESEARCH; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY;

EID: 84862617058     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219411402691     Document Type: Article

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