Using Technology and Assessment to Personalize Instruction: Preventing Reading Problems

Prevention Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 89-99

  Connor, Carol McDonald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Individualized instruction; Instruction; Intervention; Literacy; Precision intervention; Reading; Writing

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LITERACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READING; STUDENT; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LITERACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; READING; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85029497189     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-017-0842-9     Document Type: Article

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