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Direct linkCardoso-Martins, Claudia; Rodrigues, Larissa A.; Linnea C. Ehri, Linnea C. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2003
This study investigated the knowledge and strategies that nonliterate adults use to identify print. Participants were 20 low-socioeconomic status Brazilian adults ranging in age from 20 to 74 years. Participants' ability to identify common environmental signs displaying varying degrees of contextual information was investigated along with their…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Low Income Groups, Beginning Reading
