Why poor children are more likely to become poor readers: The school years

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-213

  Buckingham, Jennifer ^a   Wheldall, Kevin ^a   Beaman Wheldall, Robyn ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

family environment; Literacy; reading teaching; schools; socioeconomic status; teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887428128     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: 20505884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004944113495500     Document Type: Article

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