A Meta-Analysis of Interventions for Struggling Readers in Grades 4–12: 1980–2011

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 369-390

  Scammacca, Nancy K ^a   Roberts, Greg ^a   Vaughn, Sharon ^a   Stuebing, Karla K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

reading disabilities; reading intervention; struggling readers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84930805214     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219413504995     Document Type: Article

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