Investigating the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of Phonological Abilities in a Sufficiently Transparent Language

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-336

  Papadopoulos, Timothy C ^a   Kendeou, Panayiota ^b   Spanoudis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY PAFOS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Phonological ability; Transparent languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865539267     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026446     Document Type: Article

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