The contribution of schooling to literacy in Guatemala

International Review of Education

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-298

  Gorman, Kathleen S ^a   Pollitt, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LITERACY;

GUATEMALA;

EID: 0031448129     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003053821544     Document Type: Article

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