Teaching phonics in the context of children's literature or spelling: Influences on first-grade reading, spelling, and writing and fifth-grade comprehension

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 690-713

  Roberts, Theresa A ^a   Meiring, Anne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Literature based instruction; Phonics; Spelling instruction; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751007849     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.4.690     Document Type: Article

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