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Tomas

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Tomas is an example of a very weak offline reader, being provided with supportive services as a student with a specific learning disability in reading. Surprisingly, however, he was among the top 15% of online readers in our sample. His example shows us that readers who struggle with offline materials may not struggle with online materials to the same extent, as long as they have the skills and strategies essential to online reading comprehension.

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