Teaching emergent literacy skills using cultural contextual story-based lessons

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 102-112

  Spooner, Fred ^a   Rivera, Christopher J ^a   Browder, Diane M ^a   Baker, Joshua N ^a   Salas, Spencer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 78650321776     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.34.3-4.102     Document Type: Article

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