linguistic approach

a method of reading instruction that applies what the child already knows about language from having learned to speak it. Letters and sound equivalents are taught by being embedded in meaningful words with regular spelling patterns to maximize the similarities between the familiar spoken language and the unfamiliar written language.

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February 25th 2025

simple structure

in exploratory factor analysis, a set of criteria for determining the adequacy of a factor rotation solution. These criteria require that each factor show a pattern of high factor loadings on certain variables and near-zero loadings on others and that each variable load on only one factor. This minimizes the complexity of the factor solution, allows each variable to be most strongly identified with a specific factor, and increases interpretability.