Note-taking and secondary students with learning disabilities: Challenges and solutions

Learning Disabilities Research and Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-101

  Boyle, Joseph R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873254455     PISSN: 09388982     EISSN: 15405826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5826.2012.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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