Should adolescents go back to the basics?: A review of teaching word reading skills to middle and high school students

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 131-147

  Joseph, Laurice M ^a   Schisler, Rebecca ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High school special education; Literacy; Middle junior high special education; Reading; Reading instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749103001     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932508315646     Document Type: Article

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