Electronic books versus adult readers: Effects on children's emergent literacy as a function of social class

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 248-259

  Korat, O ^a,b   Shamir, A ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electronic storybook; Emergent literacy; Kindergarteners; SES

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248359528     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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