Visual Skills and Chinese Reading Acquisition: A Meta-analysis of Correlation Evidence

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-143

  Yang, Ling Yan ^a   Guo, Jian Peng ^b   Richman, Lynn C ^c   Schmidt, Frank L ^a   Gerken, Kathryn C ^a   Ding, Yi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese reading acquisition; Meta analysis; Visual skills; Visual verbal association

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873747190     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-013-9217-3     Document Type: Review

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