The relationship between extrinsic motivation, home literacy, classroom instructional practices, and reading proficiency in second-grade Chinese children

Research in Education

Volumn , Issue 80, 2008, Pages 37-51

  Law, Yin Kum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 66249098850     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/rie.80.4     Document Type: Article

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