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Soares, Ana Paula; Lages, Alexandrina; Velho, Mariana; Oliveira, Helena M.; Hernández-Cabrera, Juan – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
Soares, Lages, Oliveira, and Cabrera-Hernández (2019) recently showed that the mirror-letter interference effect observed for words containing reversal letters was reliable for words containing left-oriented mirror-letters as 'd', but not for words containing right-oriented mirror-letters as 'b', thus indicating that the directionality of the…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Word Recognition, Alphabets, Interference (Learning)
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Mesquita, Ana; Carvalhais, Lénia; Limpo, Teresa; Castro, São Luís – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
This study investigates spelling abilities of 189 second, third, and fourth graders using a word and pseudoword dictation task in European Portuguese. We analyzed the effect of orthographic complexity on spelling accuracy and the moderating role of length (two vs. three syllables), lexicality (words vs. pseudowords), and grade (second, third, and…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Elementary School Students, Phonemes, Alphabets