Evidence for the importance of academic word knowledge for the academic achievement of diverse middle school students

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 497-518

  Townsend, Dianna ^a   Filippini, Alexis ^b   Collins, Penelope ^c   Biancarosa, Gina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Mission Learning Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 84857894263     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663301     Document Type: Article

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