Using a dictionary: Its influence on children’s reading, spelling, and phonology

Reading Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-36

  Beech, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1442310784     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702710490271819     Document Type: Article

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