Ecological influences of the home and the child-care center on preschool-age children's literacy development

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 204-233

  Weigel, Daniel J ^a,c   Martin, Sally S ^a   Bennett, Kymberley K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

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EID: 18844461702     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.40.2.4     Document Type: Article

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