Parent involvement in preschool: Predictors and the relation of involvement to preliteracy development

School Psychology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-90

  Arnold, David H ^a   Zeljo, Alexandra ^a   Doctoroff, Greta L ^a   Ortiz, Camilo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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