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Download full textFuller, Renee – Whole Earth Review, 1992
This article considers the role of the basic cognitive unit, called the "story engram," in young children's learning to read, including children ranging in ability from severe mental retardation to giftedness. It illustrates how the "Ball-Stick-Bird" method of beginning reading can facilitate this process because of the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, Decoding (Reading)
