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Peer reviewedWhisler, Nancy G. – Elementary School Journal, 1974
The effects of daily training in visual memory and basal reader instruction were investigated. Training and tests on 295 first-graders indicated that visual memory training resulted in more growth in visual discrimination and higher levels of reading achievement than reading instruction alone. (SDH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Grade 1, Memory
Smith, Frank – 1986
The purpose of the third edition of this book is to explore what must be involved in reading by addressing such topics as language, information theory, learning theory, the development of spoken language ability, and the physiology of the eye and brain. It is designed to serve as a handbook for language arts teachers, a text on the psychology of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Language Acquisition, Language Processing
