Do Beginners Learn Printed Words Better in Contexts or in Isolation?.

Ehri, Linnea C.; Roberts, Kathleen T.

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ERIC Number: EJ212945

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Publication Date: 1979-Sep

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Do Beginners Learn Printed Words Better in Contexts or in Isolation?

Ehri, Linnea C.; Roberts, Kathleen T.

Child Development, v50 n3 p675-85 Sep 1979

First graders were taught to read words either in printed sentence contexts or printed singly on flash cards. Post-test scores indicated that context-trained children learned more about the semantic identities of printed words, while flash card-trained children could read the words faster and learned more about orthographic forms. (JMB)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Primary Education, Sight Method, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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