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| Primary Education | 3 |
| Reading Readiness | 3 |
| Reading Research | 3 |
| Word Recognition | 3 |
| Grade 1 | 2 |
| Letters (Alphabet) | 2 |
| Reading Instruction | 2 |
| Reading Skills | 2 |
| Beginning Reading | 1 |
| Graphemes | 1 |
| Number Concepts | 1 |
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Peer reviewedSanta, Carol M. – Reading Improvement, 1975
Demonstrates that discrimination training with verbal materials (words and letters) is generally more helpful than training with non-verbal forms. (RB)
Descriptors: Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness, Reading Research
Peer reviewedChisholm, Diane; Knafle, June – Reading Improvement, 1978
Supports the view that letter-name knowledge aids the child in learning to read. (RL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Graphemes, Letters (Alphabet)
Peer reviewedDermott, R. Allan; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1980
Concludes that, of several reading readiness factors, knowledge of alphabet letter names is the best predictor of phonics skills other than vowel recognition and of reading abilities involving words in insolation, and that number knowledge is the best predictor of reading abilities involving words and syntax. (FL)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Letters (Alphabet), Number Concepts, Phonics
