Preschool Children's Visual Attention to Print During Storybook Reading: Pilot Findings

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-21

  Justice, Laura M ^a   Lankford, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

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EID: 84992793093     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152574010202400103     Document Type: Article

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