A Comparison of Teacher-Directed versus Peer-Assisted Instruction to Struggling First-Grade Readers

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Mathes, Patricia G ^a   Torgesen, Joseph K ^b,d   Clancy Menchetti, Jeanine ^b,d   Santi, Kristi ^c   Nicholas, Karen ^a,b   Robinson, Carol ^b,d   Grek, Marcia ^b,e  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d Southern Methodist University ^*

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542394750     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499735     Document Type: Article

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