Dynamic and static assessment of phonological awareness in preschool: A behavior-genetic study

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-329

  Coventry, William L ^a   Byrne, Brian ^a   Olson, Richard K ^b   Corley, Robin ^b   Samuelsson, Stefan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

children; genes; Phonological awareness; reading; twin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; TWINS;

AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONETICS; READING; TWINS;

EID: 80053219956     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219411407862     Document Type: Article

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