Fostering the reading comprehension of secondary school students through peer-assisted learning: Effects on strategy knowledge, strategy use, and task performance

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-297

  Spörer, Nadine ^a   Brunstein, Joachim C ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implementation; Instructional research; Literacy; Peer assisted learning strategies; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349086895     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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