Explaining girls' advantage in kindergarten literacy learning: Do classroom behaviors make a difference?

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 21-38

  Ready, Douglas D ^a   LoGerfo, Laura F ^b   Burkam, David T ^c   Lee, Valerie E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 27644565120     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/496905     Document Type: Review

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