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Reading comprehension disabilities: Knowledge structures and non-accommodating text processing strategies

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    Katherine Maria

  2. College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York

    Katherine Maria

  3. University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada

    Walter H. MacGinitie

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This work was supported by Contract No. 300-77-0492 from the Office of Special Education of the United States Department of Education to the Research Institute for the Study of Learning Disabilities at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Maria, K., MacGinitie, W.H. Reading comprehension disabilities: Knowledge structures and non-accommodating text processing strategies. Annals of Dyslexia 32, 31–59 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647952

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