Time to go back to the drawing board: Organisation of primary school reading development in South Africa

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 215-232

  Zimmerman, Lisa ^a   Howie, Sarah J ^a   Smit, Brigitte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

International comparative studies; Reading literacy; School improvement; School organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054070569     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803611.2011.620339     Document Type: Article

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