Myth and Reality of the Word Caller: The Relation Between Teacher Nominations and Prevalence Among Elementary School Children

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-159

  Meisinger, Elizabeth B ^a   Bradley, Barbara A ^b   Schwanenflugel, Paula J ^c   Kuhn, Melanie R ^d   Morris, Robin D ^e  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

reading comprehension; reading fluency; teacher judgments; word caller

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449363990     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017191     Document Type: Article

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