Meaningful reading gains by adult literacy learners

Reading and Writing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 593-613

  Scarborough, Hollis S ^a   Sabatini, John P ^b   Shore, Jane ^b   Cutting, Laurie E ^c   Pugh, Kenneth ^a   Katz, Leonard ^a  

^a HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult literacy; Instruction; Intervention; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876422991     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-012-9385-4     Document Type: Article

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