Emergent literacy and learning to write: A predictive model for italian language

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-78

  Pinto, Giuliana ^a   Bigozzi, Lucia ^a   Gamannossi, Beatrice Accorti ^a   Vezzani, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early writing; Emergent literacy; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749107777     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173475     Document Type: Article

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