The Relation of Knowledge-Text Integration Processes and Reading Comprehension in 7th- to 12th-Grade Students

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 253-272

  Barnes, Marcia A ^a   Ahmed, Yusra ^b   Barth, Amy ^c   Francis, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84930928551     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: 1532799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2015.1022650     Document Type: Article

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