Is there a bidirectional relationship between children's reading skills and reading motivation?

Exceptional Children

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-183

  Morgan, Paul L ^a   Fuchs, Douolas ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846169069     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290707300203     Document Type: Article

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