Think-aloud strategy: Metacognitive development and monitoring comprehension in the middle school second-language classroom

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-147

  McKeown, Regina G ^a   Gentilucci, James L ^b  

^a Cuesta College   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35549007626     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.51.2.5     Document Type: Article

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