Potentials and challenges of family literacy interventions: The question of implementation quality

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 418-433

  Mcelvany, Nele ^a   van Steensel, Roel ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77950500719     PISSN: 14749041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2009.8.3.418     Document Type: Article

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