Letter names, letter sounds and phonological awareness: An examination of kindergarten children across letters and of letters across children

Reading and Writing

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 959-989

  Evans, Mary Ann ^a   Bell, Michelle ^a   Shaw, Deborah ^a   Moretti, Shelley ^a   Page, Jodi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alphabet; Kindergarten; Naming speed; Phonological awareness; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748854094     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9026-x     Document Type: Review

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