Intensive remedial instruction for children with severe reading disabilities: Immediate and long-term outcomes from two instructional approaches

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Torgesen, Joseph K ^a   Alexander, Ann W ^a   Wagner, Richard K ^a   Rashotte, Carol A ^a   Voeller, Kytja K S ^a   Conway, Tim ^a  

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