The development of uppercase letter knowledge study in French children aged three to six;Développement de la connaissance des lettres capitales. Étude transversale chez les enfants français de trois à six ans

Psychologie Francaise

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-89

  Bouchiere B ^a   Ponce, C ^a   Foulin, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

First name; Letter learning; Letter name; Letter shape; Letter type

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954886881     PISSN: 00332984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psfr.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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