Spelling as statistical learning: Using consonantal context to spell vowels

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 642-652

  Treiman, Rebecca ^a,b   Kessler, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Washington University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Context sensitive spelling patterns; Sound to spelling relationships; Spelling; Spelling development; Vowels

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746895127     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.3.642     Document Type: Article

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