Native spanish-speaking children reading in english: Toward a model of comprehension

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 246-256

  Proctor, C Patrick ^a   August, Diane ^b   Carlo, María ^c   Snow, Catherine ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

English language learners; Reading comprehension; Simple view of reading; Structural equation modeling; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444504425     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.97.2.246     Document Type: Article

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