Is reading fluency a key for successful high school reading?

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-27

  Rasinski, Timothy V ^a   Padak, Nancy D ^a   McKeon, Christine A ^b   Wilfong, Lori G ^a   Friedauer, Julie A ^c   Heim, Patricia ^d  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mayfield City Schools   (United States)

^d Thornton Elementary School   (United States)

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EID: 25644449465     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.49.1.3     Document Type: Review

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