Growth in literacy, cognition, and working memory in English language learners

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-188

  Lee Swanson, H ^a   Orosco, Michael J ^a   Lussier, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Cognitive processing; English language learner (ELL); Language acquisition; Reading; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LITERACY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 84923530698     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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