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Dr. Flis examined the effectiveness of a computer-based reading program when implemented as an intervention tool to a group of grade 1 students who are at risk for reading failure, and a group of students who speak another language other than English. She found that early literacy intervention delivered by technology is a successful practice for both groups of students.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Special Education (PhD) - graduated in 2018