The impact of using blogs on college students' reading comprehension and learning motivation

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-88

  Hsu, Hui Yin ^a   Wang, Shiangkwei ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

College reading; Motivation; Struggling readers; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650400993     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070903509177     Document Type: Article

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