Home and instruction effects on emergent literacy in a sample of chilean kindergarten children

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-204

  Strasser, Katherine ^a   Lissi, María Rosa ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 70449586894     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888430902769525     Document Type: Article

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