Assessing motivation to read

Reading Teacher

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 518-533

  Gambrell, Linda B ^a,c   Palmer, Barbara Martin ^b,c   Codling, Rose Marie ^a,c   Mazzoni, Susan Anders ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Mount Saint Mary's College   (United States)

^c National Reading Research Center

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EID: 0010598290     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.49.7.2     Document Type: Article

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