Becoming a fluent and automatic reader in the early elementary school years

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 496-522

  Schwanenflugel, Paula J ^a   Meisinger, Elizabeth B ^a   Wisenbaker, Joseph M ^a   Kuhn, Melanie R ^b   Strauss, Gregory P ^c   Morris, Robin D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750499980     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.41.4.4     Document Type: Article

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