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Peer reviewedRupley, William H.; And Others – Reading World, 1979
Describes a study of the visual discrimination abilities of children who varied in their ability to recognize words. Indicates that visual discrimination skills of the type needed to discriminate between single artificial graphemes do not seem essential for the word recognition aspect of reading. (TJ)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Graphemes, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedAllington, Richard – Reading Horizons, 1975
Suggests color highlighting as an effective method of improving word recognition visual discrimination skills. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills
Dunn-Rankin, Peter – 1972
This paper reports initial results in the development of an inventory to measure visual reading difficulties. The instrument, called the Word Preference Inventory (WPI), asks the subject to choose between pairs of stimulus pseudo-words the one most like a given target word. An analysis of responses to the WPI from 922 children in grades K-6 and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research, Reading Tests
Download full textAllington, Richard L.; And Others – 1975
This study presented 24 third graders drawn from suburban elementary schools with high frequency, low discriminability words in four conditions. Subjects were randomly assigned to the four tasks individually. It was hypothesized that poor and normal readers would differ in their ability to read high frequency, low discriminability words presented…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Reading Difficulty, Reading Processes
Chambers, J. Richard – 1970
Four possible alternative approaches for developing word recognition skills (including sample lesson plans for both primary and intermediate grades) were presented. The first emphasized the importance of the relative order of difficulty of word analysis skills involving phonic abilities and auditory and visual discrimination in both primary and…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Child Language, Elementary Education, Intermediate Grades
Spache, Evelyn B. – 1972
This book is a collection of 571 activities to reinforce reading skills. The rationale for each skill is presented as an introduction to each skill area. The rationales explain (1) why the skill needs to be reinforced, (2) how to understand the skill, and (3) what the child should be able to do after completing the activities. Chapter 1 discusses…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Reading
Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. Div. of Reading Effectiveness. – 1974
Specific reading program objectives are included in this guide in the areas of prereading; word recognition; comprehension; study skills; and attitudes, interests, and values. Methods of determining reading ability by diagnosis and methods for estimating reading potential are discussed. Factors involved in early reading experiences which are…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Auditory Discrimination, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education
