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Stanback, Margaret L. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1992
This analysis of 17,602 frequently used words found that 616 orthographic rimes occurred in rime families as building blocks of almost all the 43,041 word syllables. Of these, 436 were both regular and consistent in pronunciation, and only 86 had less than a 90 percent level of consistency. Results suggest the usefulness of rime units for teaching…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Language Patterns, Phonology
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Goswami, Usha – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Compares the ability of children at three different levels to use analogy in reading both real and nonsense words. Shows young children can successfully use analogy to decode new words. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Language Patterns
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Lindgren, Scott D.; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Findings suggest that (1) dyslexia is more prevalent in the United States than in Italy, (2) reading disabilities are strongly associated with disorders of verbal processing in both countries (although some American dyslexics also show visual-motor deficits), and (3) there is a greater dissociation between reading comprehension and decoding in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Dyslexia, Elementary Education