Maternal mediation in a young child's writing activity: A sociocultural perspective

Handbook of Orthography and Literacy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 709-733

  Aram, Dorit ^a   Korat, Ofra ^b   Levin, Iris ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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