Assessing the families' perceptions of their young children's acquisition of literacy

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-91

  Saracho, Olivia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Family variables; Literacy questionnaire; Modified; Validate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952956988     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0030443001610107     Document Type: Article

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