Taiwanese mothers' beliefs about reading aloud with preschoolers: Findings from the parent reading belief inventory

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 647-669

  Wu, Chu Chu ^a   Honig, Alice Sterling ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home literacy practices; Parent literacy beliefs; Storybook reading; Taiwanese preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952555005     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430802221449     Document Type: Article

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