An analysis of second grade reading achievement related to pre-kindergarten Montessori and transitional bilingual education

NABE Review of Research and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 47-68

  Rodriguez, Linda ^a,b   Irby, Beverly J ^b   Brown, Genevieve ^b   Lara Alecio, Rafael ^c   Galloway, Martha M ^c  

^a Aldine Independent School District   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917121263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612670     Document Type: Chapter

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