Differentiated instruction: Making informed teacher decisions

Reading Teacher

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-314

  Watts Taffe, Susan ^a   Laster, B P ^b   Broach, Laura ^c   Marinak, Barbara ^d   Connor, Carol McDonald ^e   Walker Dalhouse, Doris ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lexington Public Schools   (United States)

^d MOUNT ST MARY S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84871305762     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/TRTR.01126     Document Type: Article

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