The Home Environment and Asian Immigrant Children’s Early Literacy Skills

Parenting

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 104-123

  Xu, Yiyuan ^a   Farver, Jo Ann M ^b   Krieg, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85009801474     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2017.1304783     Document Type: Article

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