The effects of long-term vocabulary instruction on reading comprehension: A replication

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 3-18

  McKeown, Margaret G ^a   Beck, Isabel L ^a   Omanson, Richard C ^a   Perfetti, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 84965633931     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: 15548430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10862968309547474     Document Type: Article

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