Cognitive determinants of verbal underachievement at secondary school level

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-500

  Mellanby, Jane ^a   Anderson, Richard ^a   Campbell, Benjamin ^a   Westwood, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; READING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TESTS; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; READING;

EID: 1842524224     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1996.tb01214.x     Document Type: Article

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