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Download full textRedalia, Barbara – 1969
An experiment using an analysis of the distinctive features of lower case letters of the English alphabet to predict high- and low-confusible alternates for each letter was reported. Ten disadvantaged 5-year-old Negro children served as their own controls, circling in booklets the letters seen after a 1-second presentation by memory drum. The…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Distinctive Features (Language)
