A collaborative family literacy program: The effects on children's motivation and literacy achievement

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-25

  Morrow, Lesley Mandel ^a   Young, John ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002623128     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443971270103     Document Type: Article

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