Teaching low achievers and students with learning disabilities to plan, write, and revise opinion essays

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-211

  Wong, Bernice Y L ^a   Butler, Deborah L ^b   Ficzere, Sheryl A ^a   Kuperis, Sonia ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Charles Best Junior Secondary School   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; WRITING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; WRITING;

EID: 0030093964     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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