A Deficit in Rime Awareness in Children with Down Syndrome.

Snowling, Margaret J.; Hulme, Charles; Mercer, Robin C.

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ERIC Number: EJ653465

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Publication Date: 2002

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A Deficit in Rime Awareness in Children with Down Syndrome.

Snowling, Margaret J.; Hulme, Charles; Mercer, Robin C.

Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v15 n5-6 p471-95 Sep 2002

Reports on three studies comparing the reading and phonological skills of children with Down Syndrome (DS) and younger normally developing children of similar reading level. Notes that for children with DS, letter-sound knowledge did not predict reading. Suggests that children with DS do not possess full phoneme awareness. (PM)

Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Elementary Education, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Predictor Variables, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Research, Rhyme

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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