Maternal reading and teaching patterns: Associations with school readiness in low-income African American families

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-89

  Britto, Pia Rebello ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b,d   Griffin, Terri M ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 31944451670     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.41.1.3     Document Type: Article

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