Children's Reading Comprehension: The Role of Working Memory in Normal and Impaired Development

Working Memory and Education

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 61-91

  Cain, Kate ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012554465-8/50005-3     Document Type: Chapter

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