Reading for meaning: The skills that support reading comprehension and its development

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Learning to Read: Culture, Cognition and Pedagogy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 74-86

  Cain, Kate ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904404535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203856529     Document Type: Chapter

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