The literacy environment of preschool classrooms: Contributions to children's emergent literacy growth

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-327

  Guo, Ying ^a   Justice, Laura M ^b   Kaderavek, Joan N ^c   McGinty, Anita ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84863752677     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2010.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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