An explanation of reading comprehension across development using models from Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory: Support for integrative models of reading

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 725-743

  Floyd, Randy ^a   Meisinger, Elizabeth ^a   Gregg, Noel ^b   Keith, Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84864836127     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.21633     Document Type: Article

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