Interactional differentiation in the mixed-ability group: A situated view of two struggling readers

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-250

  Poole, Deborah ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 47949100937     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.43.3.2     Document Type: Article

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