Effects of teaching syllable skills instruction on reading achievement in struggling middle school readers

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-27

  Diliberto, Jennifer A ^a   Beattie, John R ^b   Flowers, Claudia P ^b   Algozzine, Robert F ^b  

^a Greensboro College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Quantitative research; Struggling readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249134947     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070802226253     Document Type: Article

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