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ERIC Number: EJ442334
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Do Children Read Words Better in Context or in Lists? A Classic Study Revisited.
Nicholson, Tom
Journal of Educational Psychology, v83 n4 p444-50 Dec 1991
Results from 197 elementary school students (97 males and 100 females) aged 6, 7, and 8 years from New Zealand suggest that only poor and younger average readers clearly read better in context than in lists. Good readers, even when younger, seem to be less reliant on context clues. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Context Clues, Context Effect, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Low Achievement, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Word Recognition, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: List Processing; New Zealand; Research Replication; Text Processing (Reading)
Note: Special section with title "Three Studies on Reading Acquisition." Replicates "A Linguistic Study of Cues and Miscues in Reading" (K. S. Goodman, 1965).