Motivating struggling readers by tapping the potential of information books

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-38

  Dreher, Mariam Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 27144468423     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560308206     Document Type: Article

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