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Kabrich, Mary; McCutchen, Deborah – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1996
Sixteen fifth through eighth graders with mild mental retardation were given three tasks emphasizing phonemic aspects of comprehension. Comparison with younger students without mental retardation suggested that ineffective use of phonemic coding in working memory may contribute to comprehension difficulties in children with mental retardation.…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedGottardo, Alexandra; Rubin, Hyla – Mental Retardation, 1991
Seventeen students (ages 10-15) with moderate mental retardation were assessed on their ability to analyze orally presented sentences into words and words into syllables and phonemes. Subjects receiving code-emphasis reading instruction performed significantly better on more difficult phoneme manipulation tasks than did subjects receiving…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Difficulty Level, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
