Evaluating the role of phonological factors in early literacy development: Insights from experimental and behavior-genetic studies

Explaining Individual Differences in Reading: Theory and Evidence

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 175-195

  Byrne, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203817964     Document Type: Chapter

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