Predictors of letter knowledge in children growing in poverty

Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 570-576

  Diuk, Beatriz ^a,b   Ferroni, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Letter knowledge; Low income Children; Phonological processing abilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955205889     PISSN: 01027972     EISSN: 16787153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-79722011000300018     Document Type: Article

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