Predicting Reading Comprehension in Early Elementary School: The Independent Contributions of Oral Language and Decoding Skills

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 765-778

  Kendeou, Panayiota ^a   van den Broek, Paul ^b   White, Mary Jane ^c   Lynch, Julie S ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

^d SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decoding; development; oral language; reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449473620     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015956     Document Type: Article

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