Repeated reading interventions for students with learning disabilities: Status of the evidence

Exceptional Children

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-281

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

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Pacific Institutes for Research   (United States)

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EID: 62949239352     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290907500301     Document Type: Article

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