Sex Differences in Visual Encoding Skills: Reading Symbols.

Whyte, Jean; Harland, Rosemary

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Publication Date: 1984

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Sex Differences in Visual Encoding Skills: Reading Symbols.

Whyte, Jean; Harland, Rosemary

Reading Psychology, v5 n1-2 p31-38 1984

Concludes that there may be differential effectiveness of method of reading instruction according to sex, with females finding letter training simpler than word training and males finding the reverse. (FL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Females, Higher Education, Language Acquisition, Males, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonetics, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Sex Differences, Visual Learning, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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