Effects of a brief but intensive remedial computer intervention in a sub-sample of kindergartners with early literacy delays

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1479-1497

  van der Kooy Hofland, Verna A C ^a   Bus, Adriana G ^a   Roskos, Kathleen ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk kindergarten children; Code related knowledge; Early intervention; Early literacy delays; Long term effects; Randomized controlled trial (RCT); Web based computer program

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864280093     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-011-9328-5     Document Type: Article

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