An affective comparison of whole language, literature-based, and basal reader literacy instruction

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Bottomley, Diane M ^a   Truscott, Diane M ^b   Marinak, Barbara A ^c   Henk, William A ^d   Melnick, Steven A ^d  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Central Dauphin School District   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040915378     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388079909558282     Document Type: Article

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