Good Readers Don't Guess--Taking Another Look at the Issue of Whether Children Read Words Better in Context or in Isolation.

Nicholson, Tom; Hill, David

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Publication Date: 1985

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Good Readers Don't Guess--Taking Another Look at the Issue of Whether Children Read Words Better in Context or in Isolation.

Nicholson, Tom; Hill, David

Reading Psychology, v6 n3-4 p181-98 1985

Reports on three experiments designed to investigate K. Goodman's finding that children read words better in context than in isolation. Concludes that Goodman was wrong about the effects of context on word recognition, and that what seems to separate good from poor readers is the ability to decode words independently of context. (FL)

Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Context Clues, Error Analysis (Language), Primary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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