Adult literacy: The next generation

Educational Researcher

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-29

  Wagner, Daniel A ^a   Venezky, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0006523147     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X028001021     Document Type: Article

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