Cognitive preconditions of early reading and spelling: A latent-variable approach with longitudinal data

Reading and Writing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 383-406

  Preßler, Anna Lena ^a,b   Könen, Tanja ^a,b   Hasselhorn, Marcus ^a,b   Krajewski, Kristin ^a,c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Phonological processing skills; Reading; Spelling; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936751373     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: 15730905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-013-9449-0     Document Type: Article

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