Cognitive and environmental predictors of early literacy skills

Reading and Writing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 395-412

  Davidse, Neeltje J ^a   de Jong, Maria T ^a   Bus, Adriana G ^a   Huijbregts, Stephan C J ^a   Swaab, Hanna ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Author recognition test; Book cover recognition test; Cognitive control; HLE; Letter knowledge; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952706669     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-010-9233-3     Document Type: Article

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