Development of individual differences in reading: Results from longitudinal studies in English and Finnish

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-319

  Parrila, Rauno ^a   Aunola, Kaisa ^b   Leskinen, Esko ^b   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^b   Kirby, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental change; Elementary school children; Individual differences; Reading; Reading development

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444484933     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.97.3.299     Document Type: Article

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