Growth in phonological, orthographic, and morphological awareness in grades 1 to 6

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-163

  Berninger, Virginia W ^a   Abbott, Robert D ^a   Nagy, William ^b   Carlisle, Joanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth curves; Morphological awareness; Orthographic awareness; Phonological awareness; Reading acquisition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONETICS; READING;

EID: 77952089796     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-009-9130-6     Document Type: Article

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