The relative effects of group size on reading progress of older students with reading difficulties

Reading and Writing

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 931-956

  Vaughn, Sharon ^a   Wanzek, Jeanne ^b   Wexler, Jade ^a   Barth, Amy ^c   Cirino, Paul T ^c   Fletcher, Jack ^c   Romain, Melissa ^c   Denton, Carolyn A ^d   Roberts, Greg ^a   Francis, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Group size; Older students; Reading progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955654139     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-009-9183-9     Document Type: Article

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