Predictors of reading skills for kindergartners and first grade students in Spanish: A longitudinal study

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-22

  Kim, Young Suk ^a   Pallante, Daniel ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio Educational Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Longitudinal; Reading comprehension development; Spanish; Word reading development

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755197260     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-010-9244-0     Document Type: Article

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