The effects of cognitive strategy instruction on Chinese reading comprehension among Hong Kong low achieving students

Reading and Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 833-857

  Lau, Kit Ling ^a   Chan, David W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese reading comprehension; Cognitive strategy instruction; Low achieving students; Reading motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848822243     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9047-5     Document Type: Article

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