Effects of a family literacy program adapting parental intervention to first graders' evolution of reading and writing abilities

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-278

  Saint Laurent, Lise ^a   Giasson, Jocelyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

academic achievement; beginning reading; beginning writing; early intervention; literacy family; parent participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248715875     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798405058688     Document Type: Article

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