Reconsidering silent sustained reading: An exploratory study of scaffolded silent reading

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-50

  Reutzel, D Ray ^a   Fawson, Parker C ^a   Smith, John A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Fluency; Guided reading; Independent reading; Repeated reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649415113     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.102.1.37-50     Document Type: Article

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