Constructing literacy in the kindergarten: Task structure, collaboration, and motivation

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-142

  Nolen, Susan Bobbitt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0039246737     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI1901_3     Document Type: Article

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