Promise in impermanence: Children writing with unlimited access to word processors

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-91

  Breese, Chris ^a   Jackson, Anita ^b   Prince, Terry ^c  

^a Marriotts School   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040024399     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443961180107     Document Type: Article

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