Real books vs reading schemes: a new perspective from instructional psychology

Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-511

  Solity, Jonathan ^a   Vousden, Janet ^b  

^a KRM: Psychological and Educational Research Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

instructional psychology; phonics; reading schemes; real books; sight vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950752006     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410903103657     Document Type: Article

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