Longitudinal predictors of very early chinese literacy acquisition

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-332

  Tong, Xiuli ^a   Mcbride Chang, Catherine ^a   Wong, Anita M Y ^a   Shu, Hua ^b   Reitsma, Pieter ^c   Rispens, Judith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PI Research Ltd   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79960352909     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2009.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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