Behavioral Attention: A Longitudinal Study of Whether and How It Influences the Development of Word Reading and Reading Comprehension Among At-Risk Readers

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 232-249

  Miller, Amanda C ^a   Fuchs, Douglas ^b   Fuchs, Lynn S ^b   Compton, Donald ^b   Kearns, Devin ^c   Zhang, Wenjuan ^b   Yen, Loulee ^b   Patton, Samuel ^b   Kirchner, Danielle Peterson ^b  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; intervention; reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903532612     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2014.906691     Document Type: Article

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