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Early Oral Language Comprehension, Task Orientation, and Foundational Reading Skills as Predictors of Grade 3 Reading Comprehension
By Janne Lepola, Julie Lynch, Noona Kiuru, Eero Laakkonen, & Pekka Niemi
Published Reading Research Quarterly, 51(4), 373-390, doi: 10.1002/rrq.145
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Language Outcomes of Contextualized and Decontextualized Language Intervention: Results of an Early Efficacy Study
By Sandra Laing Gillam, Ronald B. Gillam, & Kellie Reece
Published Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 276-291, DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2011/11-0022)
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Five Minutes a Day to Improve Comprehension Monitoring in Oral Language Contexts
By Young-Suk Grace Kim & Beth Phillips
Published Top Lang Disorders, 36(4), 356-376, DOI: 10.1097/TLD.0000000000000103
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The Impact of Vocabulary Instruction on Passage-Level Comprehension of School-Age Children: A Meta-Analysis
By Amy M. Elleman, Endia J. Lindo, Paul Morphy, & Donald L. Compton
Published Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 2(1), 1-44, DOI: 10.1080/19345740802539200
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Playing Action Video Games Improves Visuomotor Control
By Li Li, Rongrong Chen, & Jing Chen
Published Psychological Science, 27(8) 1092–1108, DOI: 10.1177/0956797616650300
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Effect of Fine Motor Skills Training on Arithmetical Ability in Children
By Atsushi Asakawa, Taro Murakami, & Shinichiro Sugimura
Published European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 16(3), 290-301, DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2017.1385454
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Learning Letters with the Whole Body: Visuomotor Versus Visual Teaching in Kindergarten
By Florence Bara & Nathalie Bonneton-Botté
Published Perceptual and Motor Skills, 125(1), 190-207. Doi: 10.1177/0031512517742284
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Training Working Memory of Children with and without Dyslexia
By Claudia Maehler, Christina Joerns, & Kirsten Schuchardt
Published Children, 6(47), doi: 10.3390/children6030047
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Interventions Targeting Working Memory in 4-11 Year Olds within Their Everyday Contexts: A Systematic Review
By Anita Rowe, Jill Titterington, Joni Holmes, Lucy Henry, & Laurence Taggart
Published Developmental Review, 52, 1-23, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2019.02.001
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