The association between parental involvement in reading and schooling and children's reading engagement in Latino families

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-155

  Loera, Gustavo ^a   Rueda, Robert ^b   Nakamoto, Jonathan ^c  

^a Mental Health America of Los Angeles   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WestEd   (United States)

Author keywords

ELL; Motivation; Struggling readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952499023     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388071003731554     Document Type: Article

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