Theoretical explanations for preschoolers' lowercase alphabet knowledge

Author(s): Turnbull, Khara Pence; Bowles, Ryan P.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Justice, Laura M.; Wiggins, Alice K.;
Date Issued: December 2010
Description: A study of several measures of children's letter knowledge, including the relationships among lowercase letter knowledge and uppercase familiarity, uppercase-lowercase similarity, own-name advantage, and frequency in printed English, based on data from 461 low income 3- through 5-year-olds in public preschools
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Funder(s): Institute of Education Sciences (U.S.)
Journal Title: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Volume Number: 53
Issue Number: 6
Page Range: 1757-1768
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Early Literacy
Country: United States
ISSN: 1558-9102 Online
1092-4388 Paper
Peer Reviewed: yes
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