Early literacy interventions: The relative roles of storybook reading, alphabetic activities, and their combination

Reading and Writing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 489-515

  Aram, Dorit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33745738083     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9005-2     Document Type: Article

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