The patterning of early literacy events in ten family contexts and their visibility to teachers

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-259

  Webster, Alec ^a   Feiler, Anthony Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Expectations; Literacy events; Low income families; Teacher predictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002354862     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152980130302     Document Type: Article

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