Starting small: Building preschool teacher knowledge that supports early literacy development

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-510

  Cunningham, Anne E ^a   Zibulsky, Jamie ^a   Callahan, Mia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy development

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EID: 67349265649     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-009-9164-z     Document Type: Article

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