Predictors of Word Decoding and Reading Fluency Across Languages Varying in Orthographic Consistency

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 566-580

  Georgiou, George K ^a   Parrila, Rauno ^a   Papadopoulos, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

cross linguistic; longitudinal studies; psycholinguistic grain size theory; reading development

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849104296     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.100.3.566     Document Type: Article

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