Bidirectional relationship between visual spatial skill and Chinese character reading in Chinese kindergartners: A cross-lagged analysis

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-100

  Lin, Dan ^a   Sun, Huilin ^a   Zhang, Xiao ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Developmental; Literacy; Model; Reciprocal; Visual spatial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965152194     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2016.04.008     Document Type: Article

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