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Luftig, Richard L.; Bersani, Henry A., Jr. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1985
Twenty nonhandicapped preschoolers learned either a list of 20 Blissymbols or an identical list of 20 printed words over period of instructional sessions. Blissymbol Ss acquired list significantly faster. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical assumptions made by Blissymbol proponents and the applicability in terms of theoretical…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Preschool Education, Symbolic Learning
Brady, Nancy C.; McLean, Lee K. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1996
This study examined the discriminability of lexigrams versus printed words with eight adults with severe mental retardation. A match-to-sample teaching paradigm was used. Subjects discriminated lexigrams better than printed letters and were more successful at matching lexigrams to referent objects than matching printed words to referent objects.…
Descriptors: Adults, Beginning Reading, Discrimination Learning, Printed Materials
Yamaguchi, Kaoru – 1978
The study undertook to teach and fix the reading of meaningful symbols (hiragana, the Japanese syllabary alphabet, and kanji, Chinese characters) to a mildly retarded 7 year old Japanese boy. The phonological method was used to teach hiragana and pictures were used to teach kanji. Behavior modification using reinforcement and time out was…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Elementary Education