Training reading comprehension in adequate decoders/poor comprehenders: Verbal versus visual strategies

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 772-782

  Johnson Glenberg, Mina C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0034347495     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.92.4.772     Document Type: Article

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