Assessing the new literacies of online reading comprehension: An informative interview with W. Ian O'Byrne, Lisa Zawilinski, J. Greg McVerry, and Donald J. Leu at the University of Connecticut

Reading Teacher

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 354-357

  Mokhtari, Kouider ^a   Kymes, Angel ^b   Edwards, Patricia ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149215580     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.62.4.9     Document Type: Article

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