Fast and Slow Namers: Benefits of Segmentation and Whole Word Training

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-138

  Levy, Betty Ann ^a   Bourassa, Derrick C ^a   Horn, Christopher ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluency; Instruction; Orthography; RAN; Reading; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; TIME;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0033142851     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2497     Document Type: Article

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