Schoolbook simplification and its relation to the decline in SAT-verbal scores

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 489-508

  Hayes, Donald P ^a   Wolfer, Loreen T ^b   Wolfe, Michael F ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030524679     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312033002489     Document Type: Article

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