Confirmed the hypothesis that those in the three-dimensional instructional group would make fewer confusion errors that those in the two-dimensional instructional group on a transfer task in reading. (RB)

Suggests color highlighting as an effective method of improving word recognition visual discrimination skills. (RB)

A laboratory and a classroom study were conducted to determine if verbal association learning would be facilitated by visual discrimination training. Kindergarten children who could not recognize the letters used were the subjects for both studies. In the laboratory study, 90 subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental group (E) which got…

This review analyzes research on the influence of perception on reading disabilities among adolescent and young adult populations. It addresses three primary areas associated with reading achievement: perceptual discrimination, memory and retrieval, and comprehension. Implications for reading instruction are drawn. (Author/SJL)