The Contribution of Executive Control to the Revising by Students with Writing and Learning Difficulties

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 448-460

  De La Paz, Susan ^b   Swanson, Philip N ^b   Graham, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032376053     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.90.3.448     Document Type: Article

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