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ERIC Number: EJ184168
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Letter-Sound Complexity in Learning to Identify Words
Guthrie, John T.; Seifert, Mary
Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, 6, 686-96, Dec 77
A highly reproducible scale of difficulty of word identification tasks was identified for both good and poor readers: consonant-vowel combinations and short vowel words were learned first. Long vowel words, special rule words, and nonsense words were more difficult. Reading instruction should parallel this sequence since it follows learning patterns. (CP)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonetic Analysis, Phonics, Reading Ability, Reading Skills, Reading Tests, Word Recognition
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Identifiers: Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests; Kennedy Institute Phonics Test; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test