Assessing Literary Reasoning: Text and Task Complexities

Theory into Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 213-227

  Lee, Carol D ^a   Goldman, Susan R ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84938544651     PISSN: 00405841     EISSN: 15430421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405841.2015.1044369     Document Type: Article

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