Does practice make perfect? Independent reading quantity, quality and student achievement

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-264

  Topping, K J ^a   Samuels, J ^b   Paul, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Renaissance Learning Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Comprehension; Computer assessment; Practice; Reading; Teacher intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247857631     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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