The ecological and population validity of reading interventions for adolescents: Can effectiveness be generalized?

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 131-144

  Reed, Deborah K ^a   McCray Sorrells, Audrey ^b   Cole, Heather A ^b   Takakawa, Nara N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ecological validity; Population validity; Reading interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889073826     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: 2168376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731948712451976     Document Type: Article

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