Underlying Reading-Related Skills and Abilities Among Adult Learners

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 310-322

  Mellard, Daryl F ^a   Woods, Kari L ^a   Md Desa, Z Deana ^a   Vuyk, M Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; literacy; reading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926484340     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219413500813     Document Type: Article

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