What does the evidence really say about effective literacy teaching?

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 21-30

  Savage, Robert ^a   Pompey, Yolande ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 84898534931     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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