An experimental study comparing English-only and Transitional Bilingual Education on Spanish-speaking preschoolers' early literacy development

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-217

  Durán, Lillian K ^a   Roseth, Cary J ^b   Hoffman, Patricia ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Early literacy; Head Start; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349123035     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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