Improving the argumentative writing of students with learning disabilities: Descriptive and normative considerations

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-285

  Ferretti, Ralph P ^a   Andrews Weckerly, Scott ^a   Lewis, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 34248346794     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560701277740     Document Type: Article

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