Classroom instruction and reading comprehension: A comparison of one basal reader approach and the four-blocks framework

Reading Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 83-94

  Popplewell, Scott R ^a   Doty, Deborah E ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011227470     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027027101300213065     Document Type: Article

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