Maternal mediation of writing in chinese children

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1286-1311

  Lin, Dan ^a   McBride Chang, Catherine ^a   Aram, Dorit ^b   Levin, Iris ^b   Cheung, Rebecca Y M ^a   Chow, Yvonne Y Y ^a   Tolchinsky, Liliana ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KINDERGARTEN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIANCE; WRITING;

EID: 75349101118     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960801970615     Document Type: Article

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