Kindergarteners’ vocabulary acquisition as a function of active vs. Passive storybook reading, prior vocabulary, and working memory

Reading Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-20

  Ewers, Cynthia A ^a   Brownson, Shirley M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

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EID: 85011227591     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027027199278484     Document Type: Article

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