From letter names to word reading: The nascent role of sublexical fluency

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-327

  Ritchey, Kristen D ^a   Speece, Deborah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphabet; Fluency; Kindergarten; Phonological awareness; Reading and spelling development; Sublexical fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748084059     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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