Effects of reading strategy instruction in secondary education - A review of intervention studies

L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 273-298

  Bimmel, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intervention studies; Reading strategy instruction; Secondary education; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248730110     PISSN: 15676617     EISSN: 15731731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1013860727487     Document Type: Article

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