The effects of classwide peer tutoring on the reading achievement of urban middle school students

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 21-51

  Veerkamp, Mary Baldwin ^a   Kamps, Debra M ^a,c   Cooper, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Kansas Public Schools   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 34547360732     PISSN: 07488491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/etc.2007.0010     Document Type: Article

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