The comparative effects of a modified self-questioning strategy and story mapping on the reading comprehension of elementary students with learning disabilities

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 69-87

  Taylor, Lorie K ^a   Alber, Sheila R ^a   Walker, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning disabilities; Reading comprehension; Self questioning; Story mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144477076     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015409508939     Document Type: Article

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