How does graphotactic knowledge influence children's learning of new spellings?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Pacton, Sébastien ^a,b   Sobaco, Amélie ^a   Fayol, Michel ^c   Treiman, Rebecca ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphotacics; Implicit learning; Orthographic learning; Spelling; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885396836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00701     Document Type: Article

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