Reading Comprehension in Adult Students with Dyslexia: Areas of Weakness and Strategies for Support

Supporting Dyslexic Adults in Higher Education and the Workplace

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 91-100

  Fidler, Rob ^a   Everatt, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Comprehension levels; Poor decoding; Problems, of accurate word reading; Reading comprehension, in the dyslexic; Screen reading software; Self acquired strategies; Task planning, and time management; Tertiary education; Textual understanding; Weakness areas, support strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886193085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119945000.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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