Implementing readers theatre as an approach to classroom fluency instruction

Reading Teacher

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-13

  Young, Chase ^a   Rasinski, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350118533     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.63.1.1     Document Type: Article

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