Supporting change in literacy instruction in Malawi

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-231

  Sailors, Misty ^a   Hoffman, James V ^b   Pearson, P David ^c   McClung, Nicola ^d   Shin, Jaran ^c   Phiri, Liveness Mwale ^e   Saka, Tionge ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^e The Malawi Institute of Education   (Malawi)

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EID: 84900867923     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rrq.70     Document Type: Article

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