Text Leveling and “Little Books” in First-Grade Reading

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 507-528

  Hoffman, James V ^a   Roser, Nancy L ^a   Salas, Rachel ^a   Patterson, Elizabeth ^a   Pennington, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84990359423     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: 15548430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10862960109548121     Document Type: Article

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