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Holopainen, Leena; Ahonen, Timo; Lyytinen, Heikki – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
Ninety-one Finnish preschoolers were assessed prior to receiving formal reading instruction. Verbal and nonverbal measures were used as predictors for the time of instruction required to accurately decode pseudowords. Phonological awareness differentiated precocious decoders from early decoders and ordinary decoders. Late decoders differed from…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Disability Identification, Early Identification, Elementary Education