The Nature of Preschool Phonological Processing Abilities and Their Relations to Vocabulary, General Cognitive Abilities, and Print Knowledge

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-358

  Lonigan, Christopher J ^a   Anthony, Jason L ^a   Phillips, Beth M ^a   Purpura, David J ^a   Wilson, Shauna B ^a   McQueen, Jessica D ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

literacy; phonological processing abilities; preschool children; reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249119380     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013837     Document Type: Article

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