Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ231231
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Publication Date: 1980-Feb
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Proofreading Errors on the Word The: New Evidence on Reading Units.
Healy, Alice F.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, v6 n1 p45-57 Feb 1980
In three experiments, subjects read passages and circled misspelling in them. Results support the unitization hypothesis that common words are normally read in units larger than letters but are read in letter units when misspelled. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Higher Education, Letters (Alphabet), Prose, Reading Processes, Spelling, Word Recognition
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Language: English
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