Reading failure and social deprivation: Implications for policy and practice

Educational Psychology in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 166-174

  Thomson, Lesley ^a  

^a Psychological Services   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040051416     PISSN: 02667363     EISSN: 14695839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0266736960120306     Document Type: Article

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