Relationships between writing motivation, writing activity, and writing performance: Effects of grade, sex, and ability

Reading and Writing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-44

  Troia, Gary A ^a   Harbaugh, Allen G ^b   Shankland, Rebecca K ^c   Wolbers, Kimberly A ^d   Lawrence, Ann M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Narrative writing; Writing activity; Writing motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872607730     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-012-9379-2     Document Type: Article

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