Examining Associations Between Reading Motivation and Inference Generation Beyond Reading Comprehension Skill

Reading Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 473-498

  Clinton, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84930041509     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2014.892040     Document Type: Article

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