Teaching metalinguistic awareness and reading comprehension with riddles

Reading Teacher

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-137

  Zipke, Marcy ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 54349098756     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.62.2.4     Document Type: Review

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