Writing strengthens orthography and alphabetic-coding strengthens phonology in learning to read Chinese

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 509-522

  Guan, Connie Qun ^a,b   Liu, Ying ^c   Chan, Derek Ho Leung ^d   Ye, Feifei ^d   Perfetti, Charles A ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese learning; Cognitive tutor

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051812506     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023730     Document Type: Article

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