The effects of reading racetracks on the sight word acquisition and fluency of elementary students

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-233

  Rinaldi, Lisa ^a   Sells, Dana ^b   McLaughlin, T F ^b  

^a Spokane School District 81   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drill and practice; Reading racetrack; Sight word acquisition; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010080335     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022845209417     Document Type: Article

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