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This review’s broad concern is the complex connections between literacy practices and electronic technologies. More specifically, it looks at research methods, taken to be a set of practices and discourses, for studying the use of computers in language and literacy classrooms.
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Snyder, I. (1997). Research Methods for Studying the Use of Computers in Literacy Classrooms. In: Hornberger, N.H., Corson, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4535-0_23
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