Teaching writing to at-risk students: The quality of evidence for self regulated strategy development

Exceptional Children

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-318

  Baker, Scott K ^a,c   Chard, David J ^b   Ketterlin Geller, Leanne R ^a,d   Apichatabutra, Chanisa ^a   Doabler, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pacific Institutes for Research   (United States)

^d Pacific Institutes for Research ^*

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EID: 62949188412     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290907500303     Document Type: Article

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