Screening of phonological awareness in the early elementary grades: An IRT approach

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-50

  Vloedgraven, Judith M T ^a   Verhoeven, Ludo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Growth; Item response theory; Phonological awareness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PHONETICS; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447643614     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-007-0001-2     Document Type: Article

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