International assessments of reading literacy

Reading Teacher

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 690-692

  Shiel, Gerry ^a   Cosgrove, Judith ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

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EID: 0011553851     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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