Project EASE: The effect of a family literacy project on kindergarten students' early literacy skills

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 524-546

  Jordan, Gail E ^a   Snow, Catherine E ^b   Porche, Michelle V ^b  

^a BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 0000381093     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.35.4.5     Document Type: Article

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