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2018
Volume 113, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Abstract

A high school teacher reconsiders the common reading strategy of making connections and explores critical literacy practices that cultivate an environment supportive of disconnections.

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