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| Rayner, Keith | 1 |
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Peer reviewedRayner, Keith; Hagelberg, Ellen M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Three experiments are reported which attempt to provide a basis for assessing the importance of word shape for beginning readers. Kindergarten and first grade students chose from an array the response alternatives that most resembled a nonsense stimulus trigram or quingram. (GO)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Early Childhood Education, Pattern Recognition, Reading Development
