The Impact of a Strategy-Based Intervention on the Comprehension and Strategy Use of Struggling Adolescent Readers

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-280

  Cantrell, Susan Chambers ^a   Almasi, Janice F ^a   Carter, Janis C ^a   Rintamaa, Margaret ^a   Madden, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent literacy; Reading intervention; Reading strategy use

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955037999     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018212     Document Type: Article

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