Becoming a Fluent Reader: Reading Skill and Prosodic Features in the Oral Reading of Young Readers

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-129

  Schwanenflugel, Paula J ^a   Hamilton, Anne Marie ^a   Kuhn, Melanie R ^b,d   Wisenbaker, Joseph M ^a   Stahl, Steven A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1642335348     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.96.1.119     Document Type: Article

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