The influence of morphological awareness on the literacy development of first-grade children

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-298

  Wolter, Julie A ^a   Wood, Alexis ^a   D'zatko, Kim W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy development; Morphological awareness; Reading; Spelling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; WRITING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; WRITING;

EID: 68049118596     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0001)     Document Type: Article

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