A dominance analysis approach to determining predictor importance in third, seventh, and tenth grade reading comprehension skills

Reading and Writing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 101-127

  Tighe, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Schatschneider, Christopher ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b not available   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance analysis; Oral reading fluency; Reading comprehension; Reasoning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891662042     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-013-9435-6     Document Type: Article

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