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Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-263

  Kim, James S ^a   Olson, Carol Booth ^b   Scarcella, Robin ^b   Kramer, Jason ^b   Pearson, Matthew ^c   van Dyk, David ^b   Collins, Penny ^b   Land, Robert E ^d  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent literacy; Multi site cluster randomized controlled trials; Process writing; Secondary English language arts instruction; Strategy instruction; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960570263     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2010.523513     Document Type: Article

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