Morphological awareness intervention with kindergartners and first- and second-grade students from low socioeconomic status homes: A feasibility study

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-173

  Apel, Kenn ^a   Brimo, Danielle ^a   Diehm, Emily ^a   Apela, Lynda ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Low SES; Morphological awareness; Reading; Spelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DYSLEXIA; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; LOW SES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL AWARENESS; PHONETICS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SOCIAL CLASS; SPELLING;

INTERVENTION; LOW SES; MORPHOLOGICAL AWARENESS; READING; SPELLING;

AWARENESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; POVERTY; READING; SOCIAL CLASS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84877288219     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2012/12-0042)     Document Type: Article

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