Enriched School Libraries: A Boost to Academic Achievement

AERA Open

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Nielen, Thijs M J ^a   Bus, Adriana G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aliteracy; elementary schools; language comprehension development; reading; school library

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984898994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23328584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2332858415619417     Document Type: Article

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