Education outside the classroom increases children's reading performance: Results from a one-year quasi-experimental study

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Education outside the classroom increases children's reading performance : Results from a one-year quasi-experimental study. / Otte, Camilla Roed; Bølling, Mads; Stevenson, Matt P; Ejbye-Ernst, Niels; Nielsen, Glen; Bentsen, Peter.

I: International Journal of Educational Research, Bind 94, 2019, s. 42-51.

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Otte, CR, Bølling, M, Stevenson, MP, Ejbye-Ernst, N, Nielsen, G & Bentsen, P 2019, 'Education outside the classroom increases children's reading performance: Results from a one-year quasi-experimental study', International Journal of Educational Research, bind 94, s. 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.01.009

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Otte, C. R., Bølling, M., Stevenson, M. P., Ejbye-Ernst, N., Nielsen, G., & Bentsen, P. (2019). Education outside the classroom increases children's reading performance: Results from a one-year quasi-experimental study. International Journal of Educational Research, 94, 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.01.009

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Otte CR, Bølling M, Stevenson MP, Ejbye-Ernst N, Nielsen G, Bentsen P. Education outside the classroom increases children's reading performance: Results from a one-year quasi-experimental study. International Journal of Educational Research. 2019;94:42-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.01.009

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Otte, Camilla Roed ; Bølling, Mads ; Stevenson, Matt P ; Ejbye-Ernst, Niels ; Nielsen, Glen ; Bentsen, Peter. / Education outside the classroom increases children's reading performance : Results from a one-year quasi-experimental study. I: International Journal of Educational Research. 2019 ; Bind 94. s. 42-51.

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