NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ282162
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Apr
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
Developmental Relations between Reading Ability and Knowledge of Orthographic Structure.
Massaro, Dominic W.; Hestand, Joy
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v8 n2 p174-80 Apr 1983
First-, second-, and third-grade readers were asked to pick items that differed in terms of a rule-governed description of orthographic structure. Task performance improved with school experience. Reading ability was positively correlated with knowledge of orthographic structure for young readers. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Correlation, Forced Choice Technique, Graphemes, Orthographic Symbols, Primary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Skills, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Word Recognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: N/A