How computers can help children think together about texts

Interactive Literacy Education: Facilitating Literacy Environments Through Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 245-267

  Mercer, Neil ^a   Wegerif, Rupert ^b   Dawes, Lyn ^c   Sams, Clare ^d   Fernandez, Manuel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Division of Architecture   (Mexico)

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