Development of phonological awareness during the preschool year: The influence of gender and socio-economic status

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-320

  Lundberg, Ingvar ^a   Larsman, Pernilla ^a   Strid, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Center for Learning and Language   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Phonological awareness; Preschool; Socio economic status; Two level modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856236051     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-010-9269-4     Document Type: Article

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