Investigating the instructional supportiveness of leveled texts

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 410-427

  Cunningham, James W ^a,e   Spadorcia, Stephanie A ^b   Erickson, Karen A ^a,f   Koppenhaver, David A ^c   Sturm, Janet M ^d   Yoder, David E ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LESLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 27644441349     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.40.4.2     Document Type: Review

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