Morphological knowledge as revealed in children's spelling accuracy and reports of spelling strategies

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-254

  Sénéchal, Monique ^a   Basque, Michelle T ^a   Leclaire, Tina ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grade 4; Morphology; Spelling; Strategies

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33750155221     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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