Mothers' implicit theories of early literacy instruction: Implications for children's reading and writing

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-131

  DeBaryshe, Barbara D ^a   Binder, Janeen C ^b   Buell, Martha Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent literacy; Home influences; Parent child interaction; Parental beliefs; Reading; School readiness; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642267039     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0030443001600111     Document Type: Article

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