Can endemic reading failure in socially disadvantaged children be successfully tackled?

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-29

  MacKay, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61649124556     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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