Writing to read: A meta-analysis of the impact of writing and writing instruction on reading

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 710-744

  Graham, Steve ^a   Hebert, Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.17763/haer.81.4.t2k0m13756113566     Document Type: Article

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