Morphological Awareness Uniquely Predicts Young Children's Chinese Character Recognition.

Authors :: McBride-Chang, Catherine
Shu, Hua
Zhou, Aibao
Wat, Chun Pong
Wagner, Richard K.
Source :: Journal of Educational Psychology. Dec 2003 95(4):743-751.
Publication Year :: 2003
Abstract: Two unique measures of morphological awareness were orally administered to kindergarten and 2nd-grade Hong Kong Chinese children. Both tasks of morphological awareness predicted unique variance in Chinese character recognition in these children, after controlling for age, phonological awareness, speeded naming, speed of processing, and vocabulary. Results demonstrate that morphological awareness is uniquely important for early Chinese character recognition. (Contains 38 references and 4 tables.) (GCP)

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0022-0663
Volume :: 95
Issue :: 4
Database :: ERIC
Journal :: Journal of Educational Psychology
Publication Type :: Report
Accession number :: EJ678593
Document Type :: Information Analyses<br />Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research

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