Inequality and the home learning environment: Predictions about seven-year-olds' language and literacy

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 859-879

  Hartas, Dimitra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84866726065     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411926.2011.588315     Document Type: Article

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