A connectionist approach to making the predictability of english orthography explicit to at-risk beginning readers: Evidence for alternative, effective strategies

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-271

  Berninger, Virginia W ^a   Abbott, Robert D ^b   Brooksher, Rebecca ^b   Lemos, Zenia ^b   Ogier, Stacy ^b   Zook, Dori ^b   Mostafapour, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LEARNING; MODEL; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESEARCH; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

EID: 0033894109     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326942DN1702_06     Document Type: Article

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