"I just like being good at it": The importance of competence in the literate lives of young men

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 454-461

  Smith, Michael ^a   Wilhelm, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bolse State University   (United States)

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EID: 12944283079     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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