An investigation of four hypotheses concerning the order by which 4-year-old children learn the alphabet letters

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-389

  Justice, Laura M ^a   Pence, Khara ^a   Bowles, Ryan B ^a   Wiggins, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphabet knowledge; At risk children; Early literacy development; Preschool education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747834613     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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