Interest Assessment and the Content Area Literacy Environment: Challenges for Research and Practice

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 303-318

  Jetton, Tamara L ^a   Alexander, Patricia A ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Content area literacy; Interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035596485     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016680023840     Document Type: Article

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