Word and Person Effects on Decoding Accuracy: A New Look at an Old Question

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 489-507

  Gilbert, Jennifer K ^a   Compton, Donald L ^a   Kearns, Devin M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossed random effects model; Decoding; Person Word interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957807807     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023001     Document Type: Article

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