Sensitivity to Orthotactic Rules in Visual Word Recognition by Below Average Readers.

Leong, Che Kan|Parkinson, Mary E.

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ERIC Number: EJ481165

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Publication Date: 1992

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Sensitivity to Orthotactic Rules in Visual Word Recognition by Below Average Readers.

Leong, Che Kan; Parkinson, Mary E.

Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v4 n1 p1-17 Mar 1992

Reports results of two experiments on fourth- through seventh-grade below-average readers' sensitivity to Basic Orthographic Syllabic Structure (BOSS) in visual word recognition. Suggests that children are sensitive to the BOSS parsing principle and that this could be used in promoting word knowledge. (RS)

Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Low Achievement, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Reading Research, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syllables, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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