A meta-analysis of the relationship between phonics instruction and minority elementary school student academic achievement

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-166

  Jeynes, William H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Phonics; Reading; Reading instruction; Whole language

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949018717     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124507304128     Document Type: Article

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