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Direct linkWilliams, Joanna P. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2006
This article is based on the presidential address I delivered at the 12th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, held in June 2005 in Toronto. I trace the development of my interest in instructional research in, first, beginning reading and, more recently, in comprehension, and I describe studies designed to improve the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Academic Failure, Learning Disabilities, Meetings
