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The Complex World of Adolescent Literacy: Myths, Motivations, and Mysteries

ELIZABETH BIRR MOJE, MELANIE OVERBY, NICOLE TYSVAER and KAREN MORRIS
Harvard Educational Review April 2008, 78 (1) 107-154; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.78.1.54468j6204x24157
ELIZABETH BIRR MOJE
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vol. 78 no. 1 107-154
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https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.78.1.54468j6204x24157

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Harvard Educational Review
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0017-8055
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1943-5045
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  • Published online April 1, 2008.

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  1. ELIZABETH BIRR MOJE1,
  2. MELANIE OVERBY1,
  3. NICOLE TYSVAER1 and
  4. KAREN MORRIS1
  1. 1 University of Michigan
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ELIZABETH BIRR MOJE, MELANIE OVERBY, NICOLE TYSVAER, KAREN MORRIS
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ELIZABETH BIRR MOJE, MELANIE OVERBY, NICOLE TYSVAER, KAREN MORRIS
Harvard Educational Review Apr 2008, 78 (1) 107-154; DOI: 10.17763/haer.78.1.54468j6204x24157
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