Teaching Decoding Skills to Educable Mentally Handicapped Children.

Guthrie, Frances M.; Cunningham, Patricia M.

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Publication Date: 1982-Feb

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Teaching Decoding Skills to Educable Mentally Handicapped Children.

Guthrie, Frances M.; Cunningham, Patricia M.

Reading Teacher, v35 n5 p554-59 Feb 1982

Reports that teaching educable mentally handicapped children to compare unknown words to words they already have in their sight vocabularies seems to improve their reading abilities. (FL)

Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Mild Mental Retardation, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Remedial Reading, Sight Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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