Expository text comprehension: Helping primary-grade teachers use expository texts to full advantage

Reading Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-234

  Hall, Kendra M ^a   Sabey, Brenda L ^a   McClellan, Michelle ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22944439070     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702710590962550     Document Type: Article

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