Improving Word Recognition for Children with Reading Difficulties.

Merry, Roger; Peutrill, Irene

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ERIC Number: EJ494831

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Improving Word Recognition for Children with Reading Difficulties.

Merry, Roger; Peutrill, Irene

British Journal of Special Education, v21 n3 p121-23 Sep 1994

Fourteen students (ages 7-9) with reading difficulties were taught to create word-picture links for those words they find particularly difficult to recognize quickly. Students consistently learned more words when using the word association method. (DB)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Memorization, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Remedial Reading, Sight Vocabulary, Teaching Methods, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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