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Peer reviewedPerfetti, Charles A. – American Journal of Education, 1984
Focuses on (1) the acquisition and use of word representations and (2) the acquisition of the alphabetic code. Urges that instruction provide conditions to promote the learning of three types of representation--word forms, letter patterns, and mapping. (RDN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Decoding (Reading), Definitions, Elementary Education
