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ERIC Number: EJ038513
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1971
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The Independence of Letter, Word, and Meaning Identification in Reading
Smith, Frank; Holmes, Deborah Lott
Reading Research Quarterly, 6, 3, 394-415, Spr 71
Examines and rejects two traditional assumptions about fluent reading: that identification of letters is necessary to identify words; and that identification of words is necessary to comprehend. Proposes that identification and comprehension are two separate tasks and that a reader comprehends because he reads for meaning in the first place. (MB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Memory, Models, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Recognition, Task Performance, Visual Discrimination, Visual Perception
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