The new literacies of online reading comprehension: New opportunities and challenges for students with learning difficulties

Multiple Perspectives on Difficulties in Learning Literacy and Numeracy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 91-110

  Castek, Jill ^a   Zawilinski, Lisa ^b   McVerry, J Greg ^b   O'Byrne, W Ian ^b   Leu, Donald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8864-3_4     Document Type: Chapter

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