Implementation and effects of explicit reading comprehension instruction in fifth-grade classrooms

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 520-537

  Andreassen, Rune ^a   Bråten, Ivar ^b  

^a ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Reading comprehension; Reading instruction; Reading motivation; Reading strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955574289     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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