A longitudinal literacy profile of Greek precocious readers

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-185

  Tafa, Eufimia ^a   Manolitsis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 42549088530     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.43.2.4     Document Type: Article

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