Effects of Differentiated Reading on Elementary Students’ Reading Comprehension and Attitudes Toward Reading

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 91-107

  Shaunessy Dedrick, Elizabeth ^a   Evans, Linda ^b   Ferron, John ^a   Lindo, Myriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

differentiation; reading comprehension; Schoolwide Enrichment Model Reading; Title I

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926443623     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986214568718     Document Type: Article

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