Literacy as a lifestyle: Negotiating the curriculum to facilitate motivation

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 321-341

  Thorkildsen, Theresa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 85008755300     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07487630290061863     Document Type: Article

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