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ERIC Number: EJ315769
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Free Recall of Concrete and Abstract Words in Poor and Normal Readers.
Vellutino, Frank R.; Scanlon, Donna M.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v39 n2 p363-80 Apr 1985
Examines the hypothesis that poor readers will have much greater difficulty in recalling abstract words than will normal readers but will closely approximate normal readers in recalling concrete words. The hypothesis was confirmed at the second-grade level but not at the sixth-grade level. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 6, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Recall (Psychology), Word Lists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Abstract Words