Developmental trajectories of preschool early literacy skills: A comparison of language-minority and monolingual-English children

Description:

A comparison of the early literacy skills growth profiles over a preschool year of Spanish-speaking language-minority (LM) children and non-LM children from comparable socioeconomic backgrounds, based on data from 948 children, aged 37 to 60 months, from 30 Head Start classrooms

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Lonigan Christopher J.; Farver Jo Ann M.; Nakamoto Jonathan; Eppe Stefanie

Funder(s):

National Science Foundation (U.S.); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.); Institute of Education Sciences (U.S.)

Country:

United States

State(s):

California

Date Issued:

October, 2013

Journal Title:

Developmental Psychology

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

1943-1957

Topics:

1. Children & Child Development > 1.3. Children with Special Needs & Special Child Populations > 1.3.3. Native Language

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness > 1.2.6. Early Literacy

ISSN:

1939-0599

Online

0012-1649

Paper

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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