Assessment of working memory components at 6years of age as predictors of reading achievements a year later

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-90

  Nevo, Einat ^a   Breznitz, Zvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

IQ; Language; Literacy; Phonological awareness; Rapid naming; Reading; Speed of processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952190066     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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