Digital connections: Transforming literacy in the primary school

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-29

  Burnett, Cathy ^a   Dickinson, Paul ^a   Myers, Julia ^a   Merchant, Guy ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644679187     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057640500491120     Document Type: Article

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