The effects of strategy instruction on the comprehension performance of at-risk students

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-88

  Dole, Janice A ^a   Brown, Kathleen J ^a   Trathen, Woodrow ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001848718     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.31.1.4     Document Type: Article

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