Cognitive strategy instruction for improving expository text comprehension of students with learning disabilities: The quality of evidence

Exceptional Children

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-159

  Jitendra, Asha K ^a   Burgess, Clare ^b   Gajria, Meenakshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St Thomas Aquinas College   (United States)

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EID: 84856757561     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440291107700201     Document Type: Article

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