Testing accommodations for university students with AD/HD: Computerized vs. paper-pencil/regular vs. extended time

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-458

  Lee, Kathryn ^a   Osborne, Randall ^a   Carpenter, David ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952617851     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EC.42.4.e     Document Type: Article

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