Standardized assessment of reading performance: The new international reading speed texts IReST

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5452-5461

  Trauzettel Klosinski, Susanne ^a   Dietz, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; READING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS; VISION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867908729     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8284     Document Type: Article

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