Bilingual phonological awareness: Multilevel construct validation among Spanish-speaking kindergarteners in transitional bilingual education classrooms

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 170-181

  Branum Martin, Lee ^a,d   Mehta, Paras D ^a   Fletcher, Jack M ^b   Carlson, Coleen D ^a   Ortiz, Alba ^c   Carlo, Maria ^d   Francis, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel structural equation models; Phonological awareness; Transitional bilingual education; Word reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645736026     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.1.170     Document Type: Review

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