Accelerated Reader: What are the lasting effects on the reading habits of middle school students exposed to Accelerated Reader in elementary grades?

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 300-311

  Pavonetti, Linda M ^a   Brimmer, Kathryn M ^a   Cipielewski, James F ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10844231260     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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