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Marsh, Jackie – Reading Research Quarterly, 2011
This study examined the literacy practices of children ages 5-11 as they engaged in out-of-school use of virtual worlds. The purpose of the study was to explore the nature, purpose, and role of literacy in children's use of a virtual world. In this article, I reflect on how children's use of literacy practices in the virtual world constructed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Recreational Activities, Computer Simulation