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2018
Volume 95, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402
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Abstract

Using “funds of knowledge” and agency as lenses, this pilot study investigates the use of technology to support the early literacy practices of immigrant families.

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