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Vocabulary--Building Blocks of Comprehension?
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Yap, Kim Onn – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1979
Describes an investigation designed to prove the causal ordering between vocabulary and comprehension skills of primary grade pupils. (HOD)
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 3, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension
Effects of Rapid Word Recognition Training on Sentence Context Effects in Children.
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Raduege, Tracy A.; Schwantes, Frederick M. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1987
Investigates the degree to which practice in isolated word recognition affects children's speed of recognizing words presented within a sentence context. Finds that increased speed of word recognition interacts in a compensatory fashion with reliance upon context as an aid to word recognition. (RS)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 3
The Effect of Context on the Size of the Perceptual Unit Used in Word Recognition.
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Patberg, Judythe P.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1981
Concludes that the size of a word recognition unit is sensitive to reader skill and context condition. (HOD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Clues, Elementary Education, Grade 2
Spanish Language Interference with Acoustic-Phonetic Skills and Reading
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Mathewson, Grover C.; Pereyra-Suarez, Denise M. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1975
Concluded that though auditory conceptualization is strongly related to reading, Spanish language interference with auditory conceptualization does not extend to reading skill. (RB)
Descriptors: Grade 2, Interference (Language), Language Acquisition, Listening Skills