Children with Down syndrome use phonological knowledge in reading

Reading and Writing

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 455-469

  Gombert, Jean Emile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Learning to read; Phonemes; Phonological awareness; Rhyme

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041652339     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1016324016485     Document Type: Article

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