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| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Decoding (Reading) | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Learning Disabilities | 1 |
| Learning Strategies | 1 |
| Reading Comprehension | 1 |
| Reading Processes | 1 |
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| Visual Perception | 1 |
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| Journal of Learning… | 1 |
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| Samuels, S. Jay | 1 |
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Peer reviewedSamuels, S. Jay – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
A major focus in reading difficulty is lack of automaticity in decoding, which overloads the attentional system, leads to the use of small, meaningless visual processing units such as the individual letter, places heavy demands on short-term memory, and interferes with comprehension. Techniques for diagnosis and remediation are noted. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education
