Letter training and its effect on the development of beginning reading skills

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 170-192

  Fugate, Mark H ^a  

^a ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 17744399785     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0088957     Document Type: Article

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