Learning when school is out

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Edmonds, Ellen ^a   O'Donoghue, Cathleen ^a   Spano, Sedra ^a   Algozzine, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy development; Summer school; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649584056     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.102.3.213-222     Document Type: Article

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