Adult literacy instruction: Degrees of authenticity and collaboration as described by practitioners

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 571-593

  Purcell Gates, Victoria ^a   Degener, Sophie ^b   Jacobson, Erik ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 4344602382     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10862960109548126     Document Type: Article

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