Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ274851
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jul
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Word Decoding: Overgeneralization as a Mechanism for Minimizing Phonetic Analysis.
Inselberg, Rachel; And Others
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v27 n3 p317-31 Jul 1981
Tests the hypothesis that the ability to decode words is facilitated if the beginning reader is taught only one sound per letter, the one sound associated with the letter being treated as an overgeneralization. Subjects were five pairs of four-year-old monozygotic twins. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Generalization, Phonics, Preschool Children, Twins
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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