A structural model of the effects of preschool attention on kindergarten literacy

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2205-2222

  Dice, Jaime L ^a   Schwanenflugel, Paula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Emergent literacy; Kindergarten; Literacy; Maternal education; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866463278     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-011-9354-3     Document Type: Article

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