Does practicing literacy skills improve academic performance in first-year university students? Results from a randomized experiment
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- Estelle Bellity & Fabrice Gilles & Yannick L'Horty, 2017. "Does Practicing Literacy Skills Improve Academic Performance In First-Year University Students? Results From A Randomized Experiment," Working Papers halshs-01522002, HAL.
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