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Peer reviewedNaslund, Jan Carol; Smolkin, Laura B. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1997
Notes that reading research has advanced from notions that reading is a visual-perception task of word recognition and decoding to more precise psycho- and neurolinguistic models of language and literacy. Concludes that reading is a skill that develops to an automatic level depending on the degree to which the individual can access phonemic and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Phonemics, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedGroff, Patrick – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Discusses whether or not beginning readers learn phonics best through instructional approaches that teach students to sound out letters, spell words, or combine the two. Concludes that caution is in order as experimental research assessing the effectiveness of each approach has yet to be conducted. Suggests, in the interim, instruction should be…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Instructional Effectiveness, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics
