Contributions of the emergent literacy environment to literacy outcomes for young children who are deaf

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-480

  Easterbrooks, Susan R ^a   Lederberg, Amy R ^a   Connor, Carol M ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79251510880     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: 15430375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2010.0024     Document Type: Article

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