Literacy orientation survey: A survey to clarify teachers’ beliefs and practices

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-236

  Lenski, Susan Davis ^a   Wham, Mary Ann ^b   Griffey, David C ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

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EID: 1842550973     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388079809558266     Document Type: Article

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