The contribution of Spanish-language narration to the assessment of early academic performance of Latino students

Spanish-Language Narration and Literacy: Culture, Cognition, and Emotion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 296-331

  Bailey, Alison L ^a   Moughamian, Ani C ^b   Dingle, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Educational Leadership and Special Education Sonoma State University ^*

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Bilingual education; Literacy; School age children; Spanish language narration; Two way bilingual programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928298627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511815669.016     Document Type: Chapter

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