Critical issues literacy connections between school and home: How should we evaluate them?

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 587-616

  Serpell, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 0001254778     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10862969709547975     Document Type: Review

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