Matching second graders to text: The utility of a group-administered comprehension measure

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Walpole, Sharon ^a   Hayes, Latisha ^b   Robnolt, Valerie J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846208315     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070609558458     Document Type: Article

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