Other countries' literacies: What U.S. educators can learn from Mexican schools

Reading Teacher

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 772-781

  Smith, Patrick H ^a   Jiménez, Robert T ^b   Martínez León, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 12944273412     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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