The print environment in kindergartens: A study of conventional and holistic teachers and their classrooms in three settings

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-190

  Dowhower, Sarah L ^a   Beagle, Kimberly Geiger ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b High Springs Elementary School   (United States)

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EID: 0040253423     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388079809558263     Document Type: Article

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