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When Older Kids Struggle to Read.

New research indicates that adults should keep an eye on the skills of slightly older children to identify possible learning difficulties. In a study of 161 fourth- and fifth-graders, published in the Journal of Educational Psychology, researchers from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and Haskins...

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Published in:Psychology Today Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 21 - 22
Main Author: Sexton, Thomas
Format: Article
Published: Sussex Publishers Inc. September/October 2003
Subjects:
School children
Reading disability
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