The use of music to enhance reading skills of second grade students and students with reading disabilities

Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-37

  Register, Dena ^a   Darrow, Alice Ann ^b   Standley, Jayne ^b   Swedberg, Olivia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247532892     PISSN: 00222917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmt/44.1.23     Document Type: Article

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