Zoom: A review of the literature on marginalized adolescent readers, literacy theory, and policy implications

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-218

  Franzak, Judith K ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent readers; Reading; Reading policy; Struggling readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746381940     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543076002209     Document Type: Review

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