Children learning to read later catch up to children reading earlier

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-48

  Suggate, Sebastian P ^a   Schaughency, Elizabeth A ^b   Reese, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Early reading; Phonemic awareness; Reading achievement; Reading age; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870044739     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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