Reading and writing ability in relation to home environment: A study in primary education in rural Tanzania

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-388

  Ngorosho, Damaris ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecological theory; Home environment; Kiswahili; Reading and writing ability; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255177106     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-010-9089-8     Document Type: Article

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