Improving teacher prediction of children at risk for reading failure

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-172

  Flynn, Jane M ^b   Rahbar, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0040084725     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199804)35:2<163::AID-PITS8>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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