The development of graphophonological-semantic cognitive flexibility and its contribution to reading comprehension in beginning readers

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-85

  Cartwright, Kelly B ^a   Marshall, Timothy R ^a   Dandy, Kristina L ^a   Isaac, Marisa C ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

EID: 76649101109     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370903453584     Document Type: Article

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