The development of word recognition and its significance for comprehension and fluency

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 959-973

  Nunes, Terezinha ^a   Bryant, Peter ^a   Barros, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morphemes; Prediction of reading comprehension; Prediction of reading fluency; Word reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868301556     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027412     Document Type: Article

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