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An Investigation of the Efficiency of Blissymbolics vs. Print in Symbol Learning by Nonreading Preschool Pupils.
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Luftig, Richard L.; Bersani, Henry A., Jr. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1985
Twenty nonhandicapped preschoolers learned either a list of 20 Blissymbols or an identical list of 20 printed words over period of instructional sessions. Blissymbol Ss acquired list significantly faster. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical assumptions made by Blissymbol proponents and the applicability in terms of theoretical…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Preschool Education, Symbolic Learning
Arbitrary Symbol Learning by Adults with Severe Mental Retardation: Comparison of Lexigrams and Printed Words.
Brady, Nancy C.; McLean, Lee K. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1996
This study examined the discriminability of lexigrams versus printed words with eight adults with severe mental retardation. A match-to-sample teaching paradigm was used. Subjects discriminated lexigrams better than printed letters and were more successful at matching lexigrams to referent objects than matching printed words to referent objects.…
Descriptors: Adults, Beginning Reading, Discrimination Learning, Printed Materials
Failure of Steinberg and Yamada to Demonstrate Superiority of Kanji over Kana for Initial Reading Instruction in Japan.
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Tzeng, Ovid J. L.; Singer, Harry – Reading Research Quarterly, 1978
Analyzes a report by D.D. Steinberg and J. Yamada that investigated which of the different types of scripts used in Japanese writing was the easiest to learn to read. (MKM)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Comparative Education, Elementary Education
Pigs Will Be Chickens: Reply to Tzeng and Singer.
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Steinberg, Danny D.; Yamada, Jun – Reading Research Quarterly, 1978
Offers a rebuttal to Tzeng and Singer's criticism of the authors' study of the ease of learning to read the different Japanese scripts. States that the symbols and words were taught in the ordinary situation in which they are learned. (MKM)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Comparative Education, Elementary Education
Touching the Moon.
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McLinden, Mike – British Journal of Special Education, 1995
The Progressive Tactile Timetable was developed to enable pupils with visual impairments and severe learning difficulties to progress from use of concrete symbols (objects of reference) to the abstract tactile Moon code (a simplified raised line version of the Roman print alphabet). A case study illustrates its application with an adolescent with…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communication Skills, Decoding (Reading), Downs Syndrome
The Application of Behavior Analysis to the Learning of Reading in a Retarded Child. Working Paper Series.
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Yamaguchi, Kaoru – 1978
The study undertook to teach and fix the reading of meaningful symbols (hiragana, the Japanese syllabary alphabet, and kanji, Chinese characters) to a mildly retarded 7 year old Japanese boy. The phonological method was used to teach hiragana and pictures were used to teach kanji. Behavior modification using reinforcement and time out was…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Elementary Education
Integrating Visual and Verbal Literacies in the Early Childhood Classroom.
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Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Willis, Linda Mayo – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2000
As children begin to grasp the basic functions of literacy, they become engaged in meaning-making that alternates between and/or combines oral language, written and printed symbols, drawings, and other formats. This article examines the benefits to children of an integrated approach to literacy, highlighting the Reggio Emilia approach, and offers…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Writing, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy