What is not working in working memory of children with literacy disorders? Evidence from a three-yearlongitudinal study

Reading and Writing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-286

  Fischbach, Anne ^a,b   Könen, Tanja ^a,b   Rietz, Chantal S ^a,b   Hasselhorn, Marcus ^a,b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Serial information processing; Spelling disorder; Visual spatial; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028218878     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: 15730905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-013-9444-5     Document Type: Article

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