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Peer reviewedAllington, Richard L. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1981
Educable mentally retarded (EMR) children were presented an item selection task to assess their sensitivity to orthographic structure in printed English words. Analyses of performance indicated that EMR children do acquire implicit knowledge of orthographic rules and that this ability is related to the development of reading skills. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Graphemes, Mild Mental Retardation
