Textual problems and instructional solutions: Strategies for enhancing learning from published history textbooks

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-150

  Harniss, Mark K ^a   Dickson, Shirley V ^b   Kinder, Diane ^a   Hollenbeck, Keith L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Texas Department of Education   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 85008815751     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105735601300007598     Document Type: Article

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