Gender Differences in Reading Impairment and in the Identification of Impaired Readers: Results From a Large-Scale Study of At-Risk Readers

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 433-445

  Quinn, Jamie M ^a   Wagner, Richard K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dyslexia; gender differences; reading

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMAN; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84930799763     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219413508323     Document Type: Article

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