Focus on inclusion: using readers theatre to foster fluency in struggling readers: A twist on the repeated reading strategy

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-168

  Tyler, Brenda Jean ^a   Chard, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 85008813619     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105735600278015     Document Type: Article

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