Preparing for reading comprehension: Fostering text comprehension skills in preschool and early elementary school children

International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 259-268

  van den Broek, Paul ^a   Kendeou, Panayiota ^b   Lousberg, Sandra ^c   Visser, Gootje ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY PAFOS   (Cyprus)

^c HCO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857097269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13079298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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