Beating the odds: Teaching middle and high school students to read and write well

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 837-880

  Langer, Judith A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0035565742     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312038004837     Document Type: Article

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