Why bother theorizing adolescents' online literacies for classroom practice and research?

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-19

  Alvermann, Donna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 52749084916     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.52.1.2     Document Type: Note

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