Lexical Quality and Reading Comprehension in Primary School Children

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 415-434

  Richter, Tobias ^a   Isberner, Maj Britt ^a   Naumann, Johannes ^b   Neeb, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84886047109     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2013.764879     Document Type: Article

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