Specialization and Universals in the Development of Reading Skill: How Chinese Research Informs a Universal Science of Reading

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-21

  Perfetti, Charles ^a   Cao, Fan ^a   Booth, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84869455373     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2012.689786     Document Type: Article

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