Reasoning in a reading context: Deductive inferences in basal reading series

Reading and Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-312

  Franks, Bridget A ^a   Mulhern, Sharon L ^a   Schillinger, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal readers; Deductive reasoning; Logical relationships; Reading comprehension; Reading instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748150189     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007951513772     Document Type: Article

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