The Effects of Pictures on Rate of Learning Sight Words: A Critique of the Focal Attention Hypothesis.

Arlin, Marshall; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ206153

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Publication Date: 1978

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The Effects of Pictures on Rate of Learning Sight Words: A Critique of the Focal Attention Hypothesis.

Arlin, Marshall; And Others

Reading Research Quarterly, v14 n4 p645-60 1978-79

Kindergarten students were taught words with or without pictures to test the focal attention hypothesis that pictures interfere with sight-word learning. In this study, pictures presented with words facilitated rather than hindered learning. (MKM)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Kindergarten, Pictorial Stimuli, Primary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Research, Recall (Psychology), Sight Vocabulary, Visual Learning, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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