Conceptual and perceptual factors in learning to read
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Research
- Vol. 21 (1), 11-17
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0013188780210102
Abstract
A structured interview was conducted individually with 310 Canadian kindergarten children selected as a representative sample of pupils in their community. The interview had four parts: I Recognition of acts of reading and writing; II Concepts of the purposes of reading and writing; III Concepts of features of printed materials; IV Visual perception (similar to one part of the Frostig Test). Most children achieved near perfect scores on Part IV. Part I was slightly more difficult. Part II was considerably more difficult and Part III was the most difficult of all. It is concluded that teachers should be more concerned about the development of these linguistic concepts than visual perception.Keywords
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