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New technologies, new multimodal literacy practices and young children's metacognitive development

Sylvia Wolfe Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rosie Flewitt Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Pages 387-399 | Received 04 Feb 2010, Accepted 16 Jul 2010, Published online: 08 Dec 2010

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