Bringing together fictional and informational texts to improve comprehension

Reading Teacher

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 680-683

  Soalt, Jennifer ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 18844428895     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.58.7.8     Document Type: Article

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