Teaching mothers of low socioeconomic status to use decontextualized language during storybook reading

Journal of Early Intervention

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-252

  Morgan, Lindee ^a   Goldstein, Howard ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHING;

EID: 4243110496     PISSN: 10538151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105381510402600401     Document Type: Article

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