Perceptions and knowledge of preservice and inservice teachers about early literacy instruction

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 472-482

  Mather, Nancy ^a   Bos, Candace ^b   Babur, Nalan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; TEACHING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHONETICS; READING; RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEACHING;

EID: 0040152421     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221940103400508     Document Type: Article

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