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Santa, Carol M. – 1975
Two experiments were conducted with children to determine the units of word perception used in recognizing isolated words. In the first experiment, kindergarten children practiced visually discriminating whole words (big, pig, dig), single letters (b, p, d), or geometric forms (triangle, circle, square) before learning to read three words (big,…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Kindergarten Children, Primary Education, Reading Readiness
Harckham, Laura D.; Hagen, Lois V. – 1970
A 3-year study concerning teaching a phonics-oriented kindergarten readiness program of letter recognition and beginning consonant sounds was discussed. Sixty-eight children attending kindergarten in a suburban middle and upper-middle class community composed the sample. The experimental group consisted of 33 children; the control group consisted…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Kindergarten Children, Listening Skills, Phonics
Weintraub, Sam, Comp.; Cowan, Robert J., Comp. – 1982
An update and modification of "Vision-Visual Discrimination" published in 1973, this annotated bibliography contains entries from the annual summaries of research in reading published by the International Reading Association (IRA) since then. The first large section, "Vision," is divided into two subgroups: (1) "Visually…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Research