The Reading Wars

Educational Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 216-252

  Pearson, P David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

History of reading; Reading; Reading curriculum; Reading policy; Reading research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742297558     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904803260041     Document Type: Review

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