Why do mothers read picture-books to their children? Mothers' conceptions and their setting environment on reading

Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-120

  Akita, Kiyomi ^a   Muto, Takashi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Book reading; Conceptions; Environment; Functions; Style

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030505733     PISSN: 00215015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5926/jjep1953.44.1_109     Document Type: Article

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