Integrating reading and writing to teach compare-contrast text structure: A research-based methodology

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-79

  Dickson, Shirley ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85008841372     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105735699278297     Document Type: Article

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