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ERIC Number: EJ549109
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
SCUBA-Dive into Reading.
Salembier, George B.; Cheng, Lia Cravedi
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v29 n6 p68-71 Jul-Aug 1997
A step-by-step plan is presented for teaching a mnemonic strategy that students with and without learning disabilities can use to improve word recognition skills. The SCUBA-D strategy involves (1) Sounding it out, (2) Checking sentence clues; (3) Using main idea and picture clues, (4) Breaking words into parts, (5) Asking for help, and (6) Diving into the dictionary. (DB)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Mnemonics, Reading Difficulties, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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