Review of research: Voice in the context of literacy studies

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-84

  Sperling, Melanie ^a   Appleman, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adult; Article; Childhood; College; Early adolescence; Early childhood; Theoretical; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651501855     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.46.1.4     Document Type: Article

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