Longitudinal twin study of early literacy development: Preschool through Grade 1

Reading and Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 77-102

  Byrne, Brian ^a   Samuelsson, Stefan ^b,c   Wadsworth, Sally ^d   Hulslander, Jacqueline ^d   Corley, Robin ^d   Defries, John C ^d   Quain, Peter ^a   Willcutt, Erik G ^d   Olson, Richard K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Genetics; Phonological decoding; Reading comprehension; Spelling; Word identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845798396     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9019-9     Document Type: Article

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