Does exposure to orthography affect children's spelling accuracy?

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-197

  Dixon, Maureen ^a,b   Kaminska, Zofia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c City University

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EID: 34247326071     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2007.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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