Family factors and primary students' reading attainment: A chinese community perspective

Chinese Education and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 33-48

  Ko, Hwa Wei ^a,b   Chan, Yi Ling ^b  

^a PIRLS Taiwan Research Team   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 69749128223     PISSN: 10611932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/CED1061-1932420302     Document Type: Article

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