Narrative comprehension skills in 5-year-old children: Correlational analysis and comprehender profiles

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-26

  Potocki, Anna ^a   Ecalle, Jean ^a   Magnan, Annie ^b  

^a Lyon University   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Inferential comprehension; Literal comprehension; Updating capacities; Young children's narrative comprehension skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871857451     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2012.667013     Document Type: Article

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