Student- and instruction-level predictors of narrative writing in third-grade students

Reading and Writing

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-26

  Olinghouse, Natalie G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary students; Instruction; Multi level analysis; Predictors of achievement; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949131865     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-007-9062-1     Document Type: Article

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