Development of morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge in Spanish-speaking language minority learners: A parallel process latent growth curve model

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-54

  Kieffer, Michael J ^a   Lesaux, Nonie K ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 84858865810     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716411000099     Document Type: Article

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