IRTs of the ABCs: Children's letter name acquisition

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-481

  Phillips, Beth M ^a   Piasta, Shayne B ^b   Anthony, Jason L ^c   Lonigan, Christopher J ^a   Francis, David J ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphabet; Assessment; Instruction; Literacy; Preschool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NAMES; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84862494920     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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