Effectiveness and efficiency of flashcard drill instructional methods on urban first-graders' word recognition, acquisition, maintenance, and generalization

School Psychology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-308

  Nist, Lindsay ^b   Joseph, Laurice M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b South Western City Schools   (United States)

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