Morphological Awareness Intervention With Kindergarteners and First and Second Grade Students From Low SES Homes: A Small Efficacy Study

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-75

  Apel, Kenn ^a   Diehm, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intervention; literacy; low SES; morphological awareness; reading; spelling

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; POVERTY; READING; REMEDIAL TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

EID: 84889638373     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219413509964     Document Type: Article

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