How does Bennett Woods Elementary School produce such high reading and writing achievement?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-240

  Pressley, Michael ^a   Mohan, Lindsey ^a   Raphael, Lisa M ^a   Fingeret, Lauren ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced literacy instruction; Bennett Woods Elementary School; Effective literacy instruction; Effective schooling; Effective teaching; Reading achievement; Writing achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248662953     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.2.221     Document Type: Article

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