Sorting it out: Elementary students’ responses to fact and fiction in informational storybooks as read-alouds for science and social studies

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-289

  Brabham, Edna ^a   Boyd, Pamela ^a   Edgington, William D ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85008812115     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070009558326     Document Type: Article

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