Children's comprehension and local-to-global recall of narrative and expository texts

Current Issues in Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-20

  Romero, Fernando ^a,c   Paris, Scott G ^b   Brem, Sarah K ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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