Reading competence development of poor readers in a German elementary school sample: An empirical examination of the Matthew effect model

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-426

  Pfost, Maximilian ^a   Dörfler, Tobias ^a   Artelt, Cordula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84867701909     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2010.01478.x     Document Type: Article

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