The purpose of this study was to determine whether distinct subgroups of children with learning disabilities could be identified using a single, recently developed instrumentthe Differential Ability Scales (DAS). Ward's method of cluster analysis was used to group 83 school-verified children with le
Reading disability and the differential ability scales
β Scribed by Andrew C. Kercher; Jonathan Sandoval
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 713 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4405
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