Effects of supplemental early reading intervention at 2-year follow up: Reading skill growth patterns and predictors

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-89

  Vadasy, Patricia F ^a   Sanders, Elizabeth A ^a   Abbott, Robert D ^b  

^a Washington Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 41249100348     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888430701746906     Document Type: Article

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