A comparison of first graders' reading with little books or literature-based basal anthologies

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-38

  Menon, Shailaja ^a   Hiebert, Elfrieda H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c 249 UCB ^*  (United States)

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EID: 15944372288     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.40.1.2     Document Type: Article

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