The Effects of Pictures on the Acquisition of a Sight Vocabulary in Rural EMR Children.

Luyben, Paul D.

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ERIC Number: ED074752

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1973-Feb

Pages: 22

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The Effects of Pictures on the Acquisition of a Sight Vocabulary in Rural EMR Children.

Luyben, Paul D.

Utilizing a "shotgun" instructional approach with feedback, a linear instructional program, and an IBM 1500 computer system, this study investigated the effects of pictorial representations of words on the acquisition of a sight vocabulary by rural emotionally and mentally retarded (EMR) students. Twenty-seven students were involved in the study. The results clearly supported the hypothesis that pictures can aid in the acquisition of a sight vocabulary. Reading performance was measured by both the Gates-MacGinitie Primary Reading test and the Dolch Word-Recognition test. The program consisted of thirty lessons of nine simple words each. (MC)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Low Ability Students, Mental Retardation, Pictorial Stimuli, Programed Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Sight Vocabulary, Visual Learning, Word Recognition

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Sponsor: Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students.; Wakulla County Board of Public Instruction, Crawfordville, FL.

Authoring Institution: Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Computer-Assisted Instruction Center.

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Note: Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana, February 25-March 1, 1973)