That's My Letter!: What Preschoolers’ Name Writing Representations Tell Us about Emergent Literacy Knowledge

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 757-776

  Welsch, Jodi G ^a   Sullivan, Amie ^b   Justice, Laura M ^b  

^a FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84990357494     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: 15548430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15548430jlr3502_4     Document Type: Article

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