A Quasi-Experimental Validation of Transactional Strategies Instruction with Low-Achieving Second-Grade Readers

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-37

  Brown, Rachel ^a   Van Meter, Peggy ^b   Pressley, Michael ^c   Schuder, Ted ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c University of Maryland ^*

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EID: 0347981291     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.88.1.18     Document Type: Article

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