The formative role of home literacy experiences across the first three years of life in children from low-income families

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-694

  Rodriguez, Eileen T ^a   Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^a   Spellmann, Mark E ^b   Pan, Barbara A ^c   Raikes, Helen ^d   Lugo Gil, Julieta ^a   Luze, Gayle ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Language development; Literacy; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449529658     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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