Scaffolding student talk: One teacher's role in literature discussion groups

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 94-112

  Maloch, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0040675650     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.37.1.4     Document Type: Article

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