An evaluation of Wordshark in the classroom

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 317-330

  Singleton, Chris ^a   Simmons, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035362856     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8535.00201     Document Type: Article

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