Effect of Strategy Instruction on Fourth-Grade Dual Language Learners' Ability to Monitor Their Comprehension of Scientific Texts

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-349

  Martínez Álvarez, Patricia ^a   Bannan, Brenda ^b   Peters Burton, Erin E ^b  

^a Program in Bilingual/Bicultural Education ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84871152816     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2012.734005     Document Type: Article

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