A second chance in second grade: The independent and cumulative impact of first- and second-grade reading instruction and students' letter-word reading skill growth

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-233

  Connor, Carol McDonald ^a,d   Morrison, Frederick J ^b   Underwood, Phyllis S ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 34547485996     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888430701344314     Document Type: Article

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