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Peer reviewedMcGee, Lea M.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1988
Demonstrates that many three- and four-year olds' attempts to read familiar print are highly organized, and indicate attention to graphic detail in some contexts. Also concludes that letter name knowledge alone does not explain children's shift from using meaning-oriented strategies to using both meaning and print-oriented strategies. (JAD)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Early Reading, Functional Reading, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedGiordano, Gerard – Reading Improvement, 1976
Argues that critical reading is educationally and logically distinct from functional reading and a disregard for this distinction and for the sequential primacy of functional reading decreases the efficiency of reading instruction. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading
