Receptive vocabulary and cross-language transfer of phonemic awareness in kindergarten children

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 336-346

  Atwill, Kim ^a,c   Blanchard, Jay ^a   Gorin, Joanna S ^a   Burstein, Karen ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southwest Institute for Children and Families with Special Needs

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross curriculum comparison; Mathematics problem solving; Students with learning disabilities and difficulties

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547830397     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.100.6.336-346     Document Type: Article

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