Contribution of working memory capacity to children's reading comprehension: A longitudinal investigation

Reading and Writing

Volumn 18, Issue 7-9, 2005, Pages 617-656

  Seigneuric, Alix ^a   Ehrlich, Marie France ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Reading comprehension; Vocabulary; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344454453     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-005-2038-0     Document Type: Article

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