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ERIC Number: EJ494572
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-1057-3569
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Individual Differences in Reading: The Case for Lexical Access.
Samuels, S. Jay; Naslund, Jan Carol
Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, v10 n4 p285-96 Oct-Dec 1994
Reviews research on lexical access (the process of getting information about a word from a mental dictionary). Discusses implications for comprehension development. Suggests that individual differences in comprehension depend on speed of lexical access as well as on speed of decoding. (SR)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate, Reading Research
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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