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Peer reviewedSteinberg, Danny D.; Yamada, Jun – Reading Research Quarterly, 1978
Offers a rebuttal to Tzeng and Singer's criticism of the authors' study of the ease of learning to read the different Japanese scripts. States that the symbols and words were taught in the ordinary situation in which they are learned. (MKM)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Comparative Education, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedArlin, Marshall – Reading Research Quarterly, 1980
Contains a response to Harry Singer's comments (see EJ 217 553) about a previous article in this journal on focal attention by M. Arlin, M. Scott, and J. Webster (see EJ 206 153). Attempts to show that Singer's statements in the critique reflect some errors and misconceptions. (MKM)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Elementary Education, Pictorial Stimuli, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedSinger, Harry; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1973
Research supports Samuels' focal attention hypothesis for acquiring reading responses to novel words presented in isolation. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedSinger, Harry – Reading Research Quarterly, 1980
Critiques an experiment by M. Arlin, M. Scott, and J. Webster (see EJ 206 153) in which their pictures as an aid to learning hypothesis contrasts with the focal attention hypothesis supported by research by H. Singer, S. J. Samuels, and J. Spiroff (see EJ 105 648). (MKM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Pictorial Stimuli, Reading Instruction
