Benefits of repeated reading intervention for low-achieving fourth- and fifth-grade students

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-249

  Vadasy, Patricia F ^a   Sanders, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a Washington Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluency; Paraeducator tutors; Repeated reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649094269     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932507312013     Document Type: Article

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