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Original Articles

Effective strategies for the teaching of reading: What works, and why

Pages 11-17 | Published online: 09 Dec 2009

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Footnotes

  • 1993 . Journal of Research in Reading , 16 ( 2 ) September
  • This paper is an abridged version of the paper, ‘Closing the gap between research and practice: Foundations for the acquisition of literacy’, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research. It is based on a review of the research literature on the acquisition of literacy, undertaken as a part of the ACER Core‐funded research program over the period 1999 to 2002.

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