Genre and other factors influencing teachers book selections for science instruction

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 412-440

  Donovan, Carol A ^a   Smolkin, Laura B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040515871     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.36.4.4     Document Type: Article

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