Advancing early literacy learning for all children: Implications of the NELP report for dual-language learners

Educational Researcher

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 334-339

  Gutiérrez, Kris D ^a   Zepeda, Marlene ^b   Castro, Dina C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Language processes; Literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954711976     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X10369831     Document Type: Article

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