The effect of instruction and practice through readers theatre on young readers’ oral reading fluency

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 40-61

  Keehn, Susan ^a  

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EID: 30844468846     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070309558395     Document Type: Article

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