Lessons for boosting the effectiveness of reading coaches

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 501-507

  McCombs, Jennifer Sloan ^a   Marsh, Julie A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 70849115805     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170909000710     Document Type: Article

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