Impact of authentic adult literacy instruction on adult literacy practices

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 70-92

  Purcell Gates, Victoria ^a   Degener, Sophie C ^b   Jacobson, Erik ^c   Soler, Marta ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0040082047     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.37.1.3     Document Type: Article

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