E-books as a support for young children's language and literacy: The case of Hebrew-speaking children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 998-1016

  Korat, Ofra ^a   Shamir, Adina ^a   Segal Drori, Ora ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Wingate Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

e book; SES; young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899542495     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2013.833195     Document Type: Article

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