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Individual Differences in Contextual Facilitation: Evidence from Dyslexia and Poor Reading Comprehension.
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Nation, Kate; Snowling, Margaret J. – Child Development, 1998
Two studies examined individual differences in 7- to 10-year-olds' contextual facilitation. Findings indicated that poor readers showed more contextual facilitation than good readers but the relative context benefit was greater for good readers. Comprehension was a better predictor of contextual facilitation that decoding. Dyslexics showed greater…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Decoding (Reading)
Automaticity, Retrieval Processes, and Reading: A Longitudinal Study in Average and Impaired Readers.
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Wolf, Maryanne; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Studies the development of word-retrieval speed and its relationship to reading in 72 average and 11 severely impaired readers in kindergarten through the second grade. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis