Measuring the dimensions of alphabetic orinciple on the reading development of first graders: The role of automaticity and unitization

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-157

  Harn, Beth A ^a   Stoolmiller, Mike ^a   Chard, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphabetic principle; Automaticity; Measurement; Reading development; Unitization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; READING;

AUTOMATISM; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 42249098728     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219407313585     Document Type: Article

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