Individual differences in children's writing: A function of working memory or reading or both processes?

Reading and Writing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-383

  Swanson, H Lee ^a   Berninger, Virginia W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Reading; Test of written language; Working memory; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345317968     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00395114     Document Type: Article

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