Monitoring variability and change in children's spelling strategies

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-149

  Farrington Flint, Lee ^a   Stash, Amanda ^a   Stiller, James ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive choice; Gradual change; Immediately retrospective self reports; Rime unit frequency; Spelling; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849088097     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410701471850     Document Type: Article

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