Integrated pictorial mnemonics and stimulus fading: Teaching kindergartners letter sounds

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-539

  De Graaff, Saskia ^a   Verhoeven, Ludo ^a   Bosman, Anna M T ^a   Hasselman, Fred ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDITIONING; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; TEACHING; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348887085     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709906X160011     Document Type: Article

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