Issues of Causality in Children’s Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension Strategies: Theories, Interventions, and Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 47-71

  Oakhill, Jane ^a   Cain, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986290576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203810033-5     Document Type: Chapter

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