Assessing letter sound knowledge: A comparison of letter sound fluency and nonsense word fluency

Exceptional Children

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-506

  Ritchey, Kristen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 48949120071     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290807400405     Document Type: Article

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