Webquests for english-language learners: Essential elements for design

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-48

  Sox, Amanda ^a   Rubinstein ávila, Eliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 70350149874     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.53.1.4     Document Type: Article

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