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Download full textFortenberry, Warren D. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of visual perceptual training on word recognition and reading achievement of disadvantaged first grade pupils. The experimental groups received the Frostig Program for the Development of Visual Perception in addition to the regular readiness program for a period of 12 weeks. The control…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Groups
Fortenberry, Warren D. – 1969
Determination of the effectiveness of visual perceptual training upon word recognition and subsequent reading achievement of the culturally disadvantaged first grader was this study's goal. Forty-eight pupils in two sections of the first grade of an elementary school in Louisiana tested the hypotheses that no difference would be revealed in the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Grade 1, Language Acquisition, Perceptual Development
