Kindergarten literacy achievement: The effects of the Plato integrated learning system

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 49-60

  Bauserman, Kathryn L ^a   Cassady, Jerrell C ^b   Smith, Lawrence L ^b   Stroud, James C ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 25144444836     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070509558436     Document Type: Article

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