Relation Between Language Experiences in Preschool Classrooms and Children's Kindergarten and Fourth-Grade Language and Reading Abilities

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 870-886

  Dickinson, David K ^a   Porche, Michelle V ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; POVERTY; READING; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79955576839     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01576.x     Document Type: Article

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