Research Article
The Educational Science and Scientifically Based Instruction We Need: Lessons from Reading Research and Policymaking
MICHAEL PRESSLEY, NELL DUKE and ERICA BOLING
Harvard Educational Review April 2004, 74 (1) 30-61; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.74.1.5445104446530382
MICHAEL PRESSLEY
1
Michigan State University
NELL DUKE
1
Michigan State University
ERICA BOLING
2
Rutgers University

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