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A Comparison of the Use of Orthographic Structure in Word Discrimination by Learning Disabled and Normal ChildrenMichael C. Ryan is a clinical psychologist in Kalamazoo, Michigan engaged in private practice He received his PhD in Counseling Psychology at Colorado State University.
C. Dean Miller is a professor in the department of psychology at Colorado State University. He received his EdD degree in guidance and counseling from the University of Colorado.
Joseph C. Witt is assistant professor of school psychology and associate editor in the Buros Mental Measurements Institute, both of which are at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his PhD in school psychology from Arizona State University. Address: Dr. Joseph C. Witt, 135 Bancroft Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588. A group of 45 learning disabled children and a group of 45 normal children were presented pairs of letter patterns. In each pair, one pattern was a word in English (orthographically legitimate) and the other was not (orthographically illegitimate). Children were asked to identify the pattern that "is most like a real word." After twenty pairs had been given, the reading section of the Wide Range Achievement Test was administered. A significant difference was found between the learning disabled and normal groups in discriminating between orthographically legitimate and orthographically illegitimate pairs. Further, this ability to discriminate correlated with performance on the reading section of the Wide Range Achievement Test.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 17, No. 1,
38-40 (1984) This article has been cited by other articles:
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