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ERIC Number: EJ597242
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
Early Intervention for Reading Disabilities: Teaching the Alphabet Principle in a Connectionist Framework.
Berninger, Virginia W.; Abbott, Robert D.; Zook, Dori; Ogier, Stacy; Lemos-Britton, Zenia; Brooksher, Rebecca
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v32 n6 p491-503 Nov-Dec 1999
Forty-eight first-grade children with reading difficulties were taught 48 words using a whole-word method, a subword method for making connections between each color-coded spelling unit and its corresponding phonemes, or a combined whole-word and subword method. The subword method showed a reliable advantage on a test of real word reading. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonetics, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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