Decoding Strategies Used by Chinese Primary School Children

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 777-812

  Pine, Nancy ^a   Ping’an, Huang ^b   Ren Song, Huang ^c  

^a Mount St Mary's College   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84990321389     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: 15548430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15548430jlr3502_5     Document Type: Article

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