Reciprocal peer tutoring and repeated reading: Increasing practicality using student groups

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 842-858

  Oddo, Maria ^a   Barnett, David W ^a   Hawkins, Renee O ^a   Musti Rao, Shobana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 78149289102     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20508     Document Type: Article

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