Girls and boys like to read and write different texts

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-125

  Merisuo Storm, Tuula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards reading; Attitudes towards writing; Boys; Girls

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644833281     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830600576039     Document Type: Article

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