On the irrelevance of intelligence in predicting responsiveness to reading instruction

Exceptional Children

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-30

  Fuchs, Douglas ^a,b   Young, Caresa L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748415643     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290607300101     Document Type: Article

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