Evaluating the collaborative strategic reading intervention: An overview of randomized controlled trial options

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Hitchcock, John H ^a   Kurki, Anja ^b   Wilkins, Chuck ^c   Dimino, Joseph ^d   Gersten, Russell ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Edvance Research Inc   (United States)

^d Instructional Research Group   (United States)

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