A synthesis of reading interventions and effects on reading comprehension outcomes for older struggling readers

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 262-300

  Edmonds, Meaghan S ^a   Vaughn, Sharon ^a   Wexler, Jade ^a   Reutebuch, Colleen ^a   Cable, Amory ^a   Tackett, Kathryn Klingler ^a   Schnakenberg, Jennifer Wick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Meta analysis; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349467988     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654308325998     Document Type: Article

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