A qualitative assessment of first graders’ retelling of expository text

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Moss, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 85006554684     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388079709558251     Document Type: Article

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