Teaching elementary school students to identify story themes

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-248

  Williams, Joanna P ^a   Lauer, Kristen D ^a   Hall, Kendra M ^a   Lord, Kathleen M ^a   Gugga, S Sonia ^a   Bak, Sung Jee ^a   Jacobs, Pamela R ^a   DeCani, John S ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035997810     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.94.2.235     Document Type: Article

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