The role of autonomy-support versus control in the emergent writing behaviors of African-American Kindergarten children

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-184

  Gutman, Leslie Morrison ^a   Sulzby, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 9744228926     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070009558319     Document Type: Article

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