Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ645151
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Factors Affecting the Reading of Rimes in Words and Nonwords in Beginning Readers with Cognitive Disabilities and Typically Developing Readers: Explorations in Similarity and Difference in Word Recognition Cue Use.
Calhoon, J. Anne
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v31 n5 p491-504 Oct 2001
Comparison of the reading of rhymes by 20 children with cognitive disabilities (Down syndrome or autism) and 20 typically developing children (all matched for word recognition skills) found both groups were more similar than dissimilar in their rhyme-recognition accuracy, miscues, and grapheme-phoneme knowledge. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Beginning Reading, Children, Down Syndrome, Reading Ability, Rhyme, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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