Assessing the effectiveness of two theoretically motivated computerassisted reading interventions in the United Kingdom: GG Rime and GG Phoneme

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-76

  Kyle, Fiona ^a   Kujala, Janne ^b   Richardson, Ulla ^b   Lyytinen, Heikki ^b   Goswami, Usha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84876217627     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rrq.038     Document Type: Article

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