A short term longitudinal study of classroom book reading in greek kindergarten schools

L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 151-168

  Moschovaki, Eleni ^a   Meadows, Sara ^b  

^a University of Bristol ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Book reading; Early literacy; Preschool education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248705564     PISSN: 15676617     EISSN: 15731731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10674-004-1023-x     Document Type: Article

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