Instruction of metacognitive strategies enhances reading comprehension and vocabulary achievement of third-grade students

Reading Teacher

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-77

  Boulware Gooden, Regina ^a   Carreker, Suzanne ^b   Thornhill, Ann ^c   Joshi, R Malatesha ^c  

^a Neuhaus Education Center   (United States)

^b Neuhaus Education Center

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34748814378     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.61.1.7     Document Type: Review

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