Comprehension after oral and silent reading: Does grade level matter?

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-194

  Prior, Suzanne M ^a   Fenwick, Kimberley D ^a   Saunders, Katie S ^a   Ouellette, Rachel ^a   O'Quinn, Chantell ^a   Harvey, Shannon ^a  

^a ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Elementary; Oral reading; Silent reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958716485     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388071.2010.497202     Document Type: Article

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