Pause, prompt and praise - Peer tutored reading for pupils with learning difficulties

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 62-67

  Burns, Eila ^a  

^a JAMK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Action research; Peer tutoring; Reading; Special school

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745307533     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2006.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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