School entry age and reading achievement in the 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-161

  Suggate, Sebastian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chronological age; International studies; Literacy; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949150095     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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