Narrative development in bilingual kindergarteners: Can arthur help?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 464-478

  Uchikoshi, Yuuko ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational television; English language learners; Growth modeling; Kindergarten; Narrative development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEVISION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NARRATION; TELEVISION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 20444462037     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.3.464     Document Type: Article

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