Grouping suggestions for the classroom: What do our basal reading series tell us?

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-331

  Moody, Sally Watson ^a   Schumm, Jeanne Shay ^a   Fischer, Meryl ^a   Jean Francois, Beda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 2942570542     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388079909558299     Document Type: Article

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