Improving reading and writing learning in underprivileged pluri-ethnic settings

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-459

  Armand, Françoise ^a   Lefrançois, Pascale ^a   Baron, Agnés ^a   Gomez, Maria Cécilia ^b   Nuckle, Sylvie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Ecole National de Cirque   (Canada)

^c École St Pascal Baylon   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TEACHING; WRITING;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUEBEC; READING; REMEDIAL TEACHING; WRITING;

EID: 4544254493     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/0007099041552350     Document Type: Article

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