The impact of word study instruction on kindergarten children's journal writing

Research in the Teaching of English

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-266

  Williams, Cheri ^a   Hufnagel, Krissy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Mason Early Childhood Devmt Center   (United States)

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