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Functional color components used in reading instruction
Author(s) -
Sassenrath Julius M.,
Pierce Lajla C.,
Maddux Robert E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197901)16:1<132::aid-pits2310160123>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - reading (process) , psychology , reading rate , developmental psychology , primary education , grade level , mathematics education , reading comprehension , linguistics , philosophy
One hundred ninety third through sixth graders were given either 6, 16, or 26 months of reading instruction with functional color components (FCC) of parts of words. Another 160 children in the same schools did not receive FCC instruction. The results showed that: (a) FCC brought about improvement in reading scores for disability and nondisability children, (b) increasing months of FCC did not bring accelerated improvement in rate of reading, and (c) nondisability children showed greater improvement than did disability children from FCC.