Putting reading first: Teaching social studies in elementary classrooms

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-255

  Boyle Baise, Marilynne ^a   Hsu, Ming Chu ^b   Johnson, Shaun ^b   Serriere, Stephanie Cayot ^c   Stewart, Dorshell ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649388661     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2008.10473374     Document Type: Article

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