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ERIC Number: EJ134930
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Word Recognition Cues for Beginning and Skilled Readers
Rayner, Keith; Hagelberg, Ellen M.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 20, 3, 444-455, Dec 75
Three experiments are reported which attempt to provide a basis for assessing the importance of word shape for beginning readers. Kindergarten and first grade students chose from an array the response alternatives that most resembled a nonsense stimulus trigram or quingram. (GO)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Early Childhood Education, Pattern Recognition, Reading Development, Visual Discrimination, Word Recognition
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Identifiers: Word Shape