Decoding and sight-word naming: Are they independent components of word recognition skill?

Reading and Writing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-127

  Aaron, P G ^a   Joshi, R M ^b   Ayotollah, Mahboobeh ^a   Ellsberry, Annie ^c   Henderson, Janet ^d   Lindsey, Kim ^e  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pawhuska Elementary School   (United States)

^d Grimes Elementary School   (United States)

^e GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoding; Developmental reading; Sight word naming; Speed and accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242598237     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008088618970     Document Type: Article

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