Predicting delayed letter knowledge development and its relation to grade 1 reading achievement among children with and without familial risk for dyslexia

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1128-1142

  Torppa, Minna ^a   Poikkeus, Anna Maija ^a   Laakso, Marja Leena ^a   Eklund, Kenneth ^a   Lyytinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beginning reading; Familial dyslexia risk; Home environment; Language skills; Letter knowledge development

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; RISK;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DYSLEXIA; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; READING; RISK;

EID: 33750704625     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.1128     Document Type: Article

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