Integrating Content Knowledge-Building and Student-Regulated Comprehension Practices in Secondary English Language Arts Classes

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 309-330

  Simmons, Deborah ^a   Fogarty, Melissa ^a   Oslund, Eric L ^b   Simmons, Leslie ^a   Hairrell, Angela ^c   Davis, John ^a   Anderson, Leah ^a   Clemens, Nathan ^a   Vaughn, Sharon ^b   Roberts, Greg ^b   Stillman, Stephanie ^b   Fall, Anna Maria ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; experimental research; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911966426     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2013.836766     Document Type: Article

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