Home literacy environments and children's reading performance: A comparative study of 25 countries

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-505

  Park, Hyunjoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national research; Early home literacy activities; Home literacy environments; Number of books at home; Parental attitudes toward reading; Reading achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249084769     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610802576734     Document Type: Article

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