Comparison of the effects of Spanish and English constant time delay instruction on sight word reading by Hispanic learners with mental retardation

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-184

  Rohena, Elba I ^a   Jitendra, Asha K ^a   Browder, Diane M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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