Structured strategy instruction: Investigating an intervention for improving sixth-graders’ reading comprehension

Reading Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-60

  Schorzman, Emma M ^a   Cheek, Earl H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1442359669     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702710490271828     Document Type: Article

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