Toward modeling reading comprehension and reading fluency in English language learners

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-187

  Zadeh, Zohreh Yaghoub ^a   Farnia, Fataneh ^b   Geva, Esther ^b  

^a Directions Evidence and Policy Research Group   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

English language learners; Mediation modeling; Primary level; Reading comprehension; Reading fluency; Simple view of reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855164006     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-010-9252-0     Document Type: Article

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