Remediating reading difficulties in a response to intervention model with secondary students

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-284

  Pyle, Nicole ^a   Vaughn, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84857063993     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.21593     Document Type: Article

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