Evidence for the effectiveness of ICT on literacy learning

The Impact of ICT on Literacy Education

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 34-68

  Torgerson, Carole ^a   Zhu, Die ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203464649     Document Type: Chapter

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