The structural relationship between writing attitude and writing achievement in first and third grade students

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 516-536

  Graham, Steve ^a   Berninger, Virginia ^b   Fan, Weihua ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Writing achievement; Writing attitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249804160     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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