Reading Comprehension and Fluency Levels Ranges Across Diverse Classrooms: The Need for Differentiated Reading Instruction and Content

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-14

  Firmender, Janine M ^a   Reis, Sally M ^b   Sweeny, Sheelah M ^c  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

content; instructional differentiation; oral reading fluency; range; reading achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870589928     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986212460084     Document Type: Article

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