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Download full textCarroll, Jeri A.; And Others – 1980
The ability of children during the first month of kindergarten to correctly recognize and identify the letters of the alphabet was examined. A total of 444 children were tested and only the data from children who could correctly recognize one or more, but less than 26, letters were analyzed. Children were grouped according to the number of letters…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Educational Practices, Kindergarten Children, Letters (Alphabet)
Peer reviewedLockhead, G. R.; Crist, W. B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
Small graphic changes made in normal letters of the alphabet changed the similarity relations among those letters. Children and adults classified letters of this distinctive font faster and with fewer errors than they did normal letters. Relations between letters in the stimulus set determined how difficult any particular letter was to classify.…
Descriptors: Contrast, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Letters (Alphabet)
Ashkenas, Joan – 1985
A lesson in the use of pronunciation keys provided in English dictionaries, which is designed for adult foreign students, includes notes to the teacher concerning preliminary activities, discussion of the approach, a description of the lesson sequence, and a lesson designed for the student's use. The three-segment lesson, designed for second- and…
Descriptors: Diacritical Marking, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)
Cress, Cynthia J., Comp. – 1986
This bibliography provides citations to studies of word/letter frequencies and vocabulary applications based on issues of word frequency. While the original intent was to gather information pertinent to developing communication board vocabularies for argumentative communication systems, these resources should be useful for a variety of word…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Difficulty Level, Disabilities, Letters (Alphabet)
