The relationship between measures of vocabulary and narrative writing quality in second- and fourth-grade students

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 545-565

  Olinghouse, Natalie G ^a   Leaird, Jacqueline T ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Williamsburg Collegiate   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary students; Vocabulary; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 63949087591     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-008-9124-z     Document Type: Article

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