Learning disabilities, low achievement, and mild mental retardation: More alike than different?

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 580-581

  Gresham, Frank M ^a   MacMillan, Donald L ^a   Bocian, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 0030293412     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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