Reading and listening comprehension and their relation to inattention and hyperactivity

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-124

  Cain, Kate ^a   Bignell, Simon ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84894056567     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12009     Document Type: Article

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