Context as a Polysyllabic Decoding Strategy.

Hall, Dorothy P.; Cunningham, Patricia M.

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ERIC Number: EJ386989

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

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Context as a Polysyllabic Decoding Strategy.

Hall, Dorothy P.; Cunningham, Patricia M.

Reading Improvement, v25 n4 p261-64 Win 1988

Reports a study of readers' use of context and letter sound as polysyllabic decoding strategies, and a study of the effect of intervention strategies on subjects who do not effectively use context. Concludes that intervention strategies do not improve the performances of students who are not good users of context. (RS)

Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Intermediate Grades, Reading Research, Reading Strategies, Sight Method, Sight Vocabulary, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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