Understanding Chinese developmental dyslexia: Morphological awareness as a core cognitive construct

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 122-133

  Shu, Hua ^a   McBride Chang, Catherine ^b   Wu, Sina ^a   Liu, Hongyun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Phonological awareness; Reading; Spelling; Visual skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645739526     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.1.122     Document Type: Review

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