Using literature study groups in teacher education courses: Learning through diversity

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-133

  Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth ^a   Jensen, Sharon J ^b   Hadjiyianni, Eleni ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Simpson College in Indianola   (United States)

^c Acropolis Elementary School   (Cyprus)

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