Learning a novel grapheme: Effects of positional and phonemic context on children’s spelling

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-77

  Bernstein, Stuart E ^a   Treiman, Rebecca ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rimes; Spelling; Spelling development; Vowel spelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONETICS;

EID: 0035344631     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2000.2584     Document Type: Article

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