Availability and use of informational texts in second-, third-, and fourth-grade classrooms

Research in the Teaching of English

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-456

  Jeong, Jongseong ^a   Gaffney, Janet S ^a   Choi, Jin Oh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

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