South African schools that promote literacy learning with students from low-income communities

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-387

  Sailors, Misty ^a   Hoffman, James V ^a   Matthee, Bertus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b READ Educational Trust   (South Africa)

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EID: 34547478752     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.42.3.2     Document Type: Article

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