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Peer reviewedMelchiori, Ligia Ebner; de Souza, Deisy G.; de Rose, Julio C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2000
First graders (n=5), preschoolers (n=5), special education first-graders (n=5), and adults (n=8) in Brazil received a reading program in which they learned to match printed to dictated words and to construct (copy) printed words. The students not only learned to match the training words but also learned to read them. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Beginning Reading, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Download full textKerr, Hugo – 1995
This book examines the basic principles of the cognitive psychology of literacy and explains how insights gained from that theory can inform and improve reading, spelling, and writing instruction aimed at adults. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's eight chapters: the principles of cognitive psychology (the nervous system,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Andragogy
