Managing cognitive demands for writing: Comparing the effects of instructional components in strategy instruction

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-266

  De La Paz, Susan ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248364876     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560701277609     Document Type: Article

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