Vocabulary growth and reading development across the elementary school years

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-25

  Verhoeven, Ludo ^a   van Leeuwe, Jan ^a   Vermeer, Anne ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78751614684     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2011.536125     Document Type: Article

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