Trust matters: Examining the role of source evaluation in students' construction of meaning within and across multiple texts

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-28

  Bråten, Ivar ^a   Strømsø, Helge I ^a   Anne Britt, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 59049091395     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.44.1.1     Document Type: Article

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