Instruction, student engagement, and reading skill growth in reading first classrooms

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-250

  Connor, Carol McDonald ^a   Jakobsons, Lara J ^a   Crowe, Elizabeth C ^a   Meadows, Jane Granger ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149152818     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592305     Document Type: Article

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