Relationship Between Word Difficulty and Access of Single-Word Meaning by Skilled and Less Skilled Readers.

Pace, Ann Jaffe; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick

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ERIC Number: EJ156033

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Publication Date: 1976

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Relationship Between Word Difficulty and Access of Single-Word Meaning by Skilled and Less Skilled Readers

Pace, Ann Jaffe; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick

Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 6, 760-7, Dec 76

The study examines one aspect of the relationship between decoding and comprehension--that between word difficulty, decoding ability, and access of single-word meanings. Results indicate that decoding ease and extraction of word meanings are related and suggest that decoding ability must be considered a factor in reading comprehension. (RC)

Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Difficulty Level, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Semantics, Word Recognition

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