Johnny won't read, and Susie won't either: Reading instruction and student resistance

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-31

  Powell, Rebecca ^a   Mcintyre, Ellen ^b   Rightmyer, Elizabeth ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

motivation; reading; scripted reading programs; struggling readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248712439     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798406062172     Document Type: Article

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