Reading and riddling: The role of riddle appreciation in understanding and improving poor text comprehension in children

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 313-342

  Yuill, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metalinguistic awareness; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009776333     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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