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Word Knowledge in a Theory of Reading Comprehension
By Charles Perfetti & Joseph Stafura
Published Perfetti, C. & Stafura, J. (2014). Word knowledge in a theory of reading comprehension. Scientific Studies of Reading, 18(1), 22-37, DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2013.827687
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Activation of Background Knowledge for Inference Making: Effects on Reading Comprehension
By Carsten Elbro & Ida Buch-Iversen
Published Elbro, C. & Buch-Iversen, I. (2013). Activation of background knowledge for inference making: Effects on reading comprehension. Scientific Studies of Reading, 17(6), 435-452. DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2013.774005
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Why Are Home Literacy Environment and Children’s Reading Skills Associated? What Parental Skills Reveal
By Elsje van Bergen, Titia van Zuijen, Dorothy Bishop & Peter F. de Jong
Published Van Bergen, E., van Zuijen, T., Bishop, D. & de Jong, P.F. (2016). Why are home literacy environment and children’s reading skills associated? What parental skills reveal. Reading Research Quarterly, 52(2), 147–160, DOI: 10.1002/rrq.160
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Home Literacy Environments and Foundational Literacy Skills for Struggling and Nonstruggling Readers in Rural Early Elementary Schools
By Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, Justin D. Garwood, Mary Bratsch-Hines & Lynne Vernon-Feagans
Published Tichnor-Wagner, A., Garwood, J.D., Bratsch-Hines, M. & Vernon-Feagans, L. (2015). Home literacy environments and foundational literacy skills for struggling and nonstruggling readers in rural early elementary schools. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 31(1), 6–21, DOI: 10.1111/ldrp.12090
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Dyslexia – Early Identification and Prevention: Highlights from the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia
By Heikki Lyytinen, Jane Erskine, Jarmo Hämäläinen, Minna Torppa & Miia Ronimus
Published Lyytinen, H., Erskine, J., Hämäläinen, J., Torppa, M. & Ronimus, M. (2015). Dyslexia – Early identification and prevention: Highlights from the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia. Curr Dev Disord Rep, 2, 330–338, DOI: 10.1007/s40474-015-0067-1
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Helping Children with Reading Difficulties: Some Things We Have Learned So Far
By Genevieve McArthur & Anne Castles
Published McArthur, G. & Castles, A. (2017). Helping children with reading difficulties: Some things we have learned so far. NPJ Science of Learning, 2(7), DOI: 10.1038/s41539-017-0008-3
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Sight Word and Phonics Training in Children with Dyslexia
By Genevieve McArthur, Anne Castles, Saskia Kohnen, Linda Larsen, Kristy Jones, Thushara Anandakumar & Erin Banales
Published McArthur, G., Castles, A., Kohnen, S., Larsen, L., Jones, K., Anandakumar, T. & Banales, E. (2015). Sight word and phonics training in children with dyslexia. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 48(4), 391–407, DOI: 10.1177/0022219413504996
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The Home Literacy Environment Is a Correlate, but Perhaps Not a Cause, of Variations in Children’s Language and Literacy Development
By Marina L. Puglisi, Charles Hulme, Lorna G. Hamilton & Margaret J. Snowling
Published Puglisi, M.L., Hulme, C., Hamilton, L.G. & Snowling, M.J. (2017). The home literacy environment is a correlate, but perhaps not a cause, of variations in children’s language and literacy development. Scientific Studies of Reading, 21(6), 498–514, DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2017.1346660
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Evolving Concepts of Dyslexia and Their Implications for Research and Remediation
By Athanassions Protopapas
Published Protopapas, A. (2019). Evolving concepts of dyslexia and their implications for research and remediation. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(2873), 1–10, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02873
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