Evidence for the early emergence of the simple view of reading in a transparent orthography

Reading and Writing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-204

  Kendeou, Panayiota ^a   Papadopoulos, Timothy C ^b   Kotzapoulou, Marianna ^c  

^a NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY PAFOS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Kindergarten children; Simple view of reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872944541     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-012-9361-z     Document Type: Article

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