Effects of Tier 3 Intervention for Students With Persistent Reading Difficulties and Characteristics of Inadequate Responders

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 633-648

  Denton, Carolyn A ^a   Tolar, Tammy D ^b   Fletcher, Jack M ^b   Barth, Amy E ^b   Vaughn, Sharon ^c   Francis, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Grade 2; Reading difficulties; Reading intervention; Response to intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881623691     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032581     Document Type: Article

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