Determining an effective intervention within a brief experimental analysis for reading: A meta-analytic review

School Psychology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-136

  Burns, Matthew K ^a,b   Wagner, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b 346 Elliott Hall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 42549130350     PISSN: 02796015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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