Relations between enabling skills and reading comprehension: A follow-up study of Latvian students from first to second grade

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-122

  Sprugevica, Ieva ^a   HØien, Torleiv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b Dyslexia Research Foundation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Phonemic awareness; Phonological skills; Rapid naming; Reading comprehension; Verbal short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642587205     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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