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Peer reviewedWells, Melvin W. – Reading Horizons, 1976
Finds that words written in dialect are difficult for black students to comprehend while reading silently, which does not agree with previously advanced hypotheses by other researchers. (RB)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Books, Childrens Literature, Grade 6
