The Relative Contributions of Word Identification Skill and Comprehension-Monitoring Behavior to Reading Comprehension Ability

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 363-377

  Zinar, Susan ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension monitoring; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347742929     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.2000.1024     Document Type: Article

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