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Peer reviewedJohnson, Dale D. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Analyzes the compilation of the 220 words included in the Dolch Basic Sight Word List from studies done in the 1920's. Compares this list to the representatively selected 50,406 words in rank order from the Kucera-Nelson Computational Analysis of Present-Day American English (1967). (MB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Materials, Vocabulary Development, Word Lists
Peer reviewedDavis, Anita P.; McDaniel, Thomas R. – Reading Teacher, 1998
Updates a list (originally published in 1963) of "survival" or essential words--words so important for survival and success in everyday life that everyone should know them. Notes that recognition of these key words and phrases may require non-English-speaking individuals, disabled readers, and adult literacy students to use rote memorization for…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Elementary Secondary Education, Vocabulary Development, Word Lists
Peer reviewedNicholson, Tom; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1988
Investigates context effects on children's reading accuracy when reading words in a story context and from a word list. Notes that although many children read words in context which they could not read from lists, this result did not apply to good readers. (MM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Context Effect, Elementary Education, Miscue Analysis
Peer reviewedHillerich, Robert L. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Reports a study of fourteen word lists and proposes a basic list of 240 starter words. (TO)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedFroese, Victor – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
