Language, literacy, attentional behaviors, and instructional quality predictors of written composition for first graders

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 461-469

  Kim, Young Suk ^a   Al Otaiba, Stephanie ^b   Sidler, Jessica Folsom ^a   Gruelich, Luana ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentiveness; First grade; Instructional quality; Language; Reading; Writing

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICS; SKILL; SPELLING; WRITING;

EID: 84988884745     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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