Evaluation of a focused literacy teaching programme in reception and year 1 classes: Classroom observations

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 617-635

  Sylva, Kathy ^a   Hurry, Jane ^b   Mirelman, Helen ^b   Burrell, Andrew ^b   Riley, Jeni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033249128     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192990250504     Document Type: Article

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