"She's my best reader; she just can't comprehend": Studying the relationship between fluency and comprehension

Reading Teacher

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 512-521

  Applegate, Mary DeKonty ^a   Applegate, Anthony J ^b   Modla, Virginia B ^c  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 62949203928     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.62.6.5     Document Type: Article

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