Predicting response to early reading intervention from Verbal IQ, reading-related language abilities, attention ratings, and Verbal IQ-word reading discrepancy: Failure to validate discrepancy method

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-33

  Stage, Scott A ^b   Abbott, Robert D ^b   Jenkins, Joseph R ^b   Berninger, Virginia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037251021     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00222194030360010401     Document Type: Article

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