Electronic communication and under-achieving boys: Some issues

English in Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-57

  McGuinn, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boys; Electronic communication; Reading; Under achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867095546     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2000.tb00570.x     Document Type: Article

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