Reimagining our inexperienced adolescent readers: From struggling, striving, marginalized, and reluctant to thriving

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-13

  Greenleaf, Cynthia L ^a   Hinchman, Kathleen ^b  

^a Strategic Literacy Initiative/WestEd   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350166435     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.53.1.1     Document Type: Note

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