Using Technology to Assist Children Learning to Read and Write

Children's Learning in a Digital World

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 129-171

  Abrami, Philip C ^a   Savage, Robert ^b   Wade, C Anne ^a   Hipps, Geoffrey ^c   Lopez, Monica ^a  

^a Systematic Reviews Project Manager Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home computer use; Intellectual property; National reading panel report; Student performance; Tutorials

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960906743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696682.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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