A blended collaborative writing approach for chinese L2 primary school students

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1208-1226

  Wong, Lung Hsiang ^a   Chen, Wenli ^a   Chai, Ching Sing ^a   Chin, Chee Kuen ^b   Gao, Ping ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 82755189925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.913     Document Type: Article

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