How to make it easier for children to revise their writing: A study of text revision from 3rd to 5th grades

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-41

  Chanquoy, Lucile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035294083     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709901158370     Document Type: Article

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