The effect of family literacy interventions on children's acquisition of reading from kindergarten to grade 3: A meta-analytic review

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 880-907

  Sénéchal, Monique ^a   Young, Laura ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Parents and families; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849269678     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654308320319     Document Type: Review

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