How Children Read: Matching by Sight and Sound.

Mackworth, Jane F.; Mackworth, N. H.

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How Children Read: Matching by Sight and Sound

Mackworth, Jane F.; Mackworth, N. H.

Journal of Reading Behavior, 6, 3, 295-303, Sep 74

Concludes that the ability to detect small differences in pairs of pictures, letters, or words does not change beyond grade 3, but the ability to recognize sound-alike words improves through the grades. (RB)

Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Phonics, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Visual Perception

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