First graders' preferences for narrative and/or information books and perceptions of other boys' and girls' book preferences

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 531-553

  Chapman, Marilyn ^a   Filipenko, Margot ^a   McTavish, Marianne ^a   Shapiro, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Genre; Literacy; Motivation; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348947421     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20466649     Document Type: Article

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