Treatment of gender in basal readers

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 65-76

  Hunter, Maxwell W ^a   Chick, Kay A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009629333     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070509558432     Document Type: Article

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