Comparing effects of different writing activities on reading comprehension: A meta-analysis

Reading and Writing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-138

  Hebert, Michael ^a   Gillespie, Amy ^b   Graham, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Reading; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872612436     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-012-9386-3     Document Type: Article

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