Online tutoring as a pivotal quality of web-based early literacy programs

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 182-192

  Kegel, Cornelia A T ^a   Bus, Adriana G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer intervention; Early literacy intervention; Inhibitory control; Online tutoring; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858158168     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025849     Document Type: Article

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