Developing and Validating the Classroom Literacy Environmental Profile (CLEP): A Tool for Examining the “Print Richness” of Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-272

  Wolfersberger, Mary E ^a   Reutzel, D Ray ^b   Sudweeks, Richard ^c   Fawson, Parker C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990353476     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: 15548430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15548430jlr3602_4     Document Type: Article

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