Text Decodability and the First-grade Reader

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-86

  Mesmer, Heidi Anne E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33544461318     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560590523667     Document Type: Article

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