How Can Meta-Analyses Guide Practice? A Review of the Learning Disability Research Base

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-218

  Therrien, William J ^a   Zaman, Maliha ^a   Banda, Devender R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based practices; learning disabilities; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955451595     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932510361266     Document Type: Review

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