Vocabulary self-selection: A study of middle-school students' word selections from expository texts

Reading Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-333

  Harmon, Janis M ^a   Hedrick, Wanda B ^b   Wood, Karen D ^c   Gress, Michelle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d Judson Independent School District   (United States)

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EID: 22944455860     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702710590969689     Document Type: Article

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