Predicting curriculum and test performance at age 7 years from pupil background, baseline skills and phonological awareness at age 5

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-171

  Savage, Robert ^a,c   Carless, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Learning Support Service   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT;

AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; PHONETICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 2942560773     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709904773839815     Document Type: Article

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