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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Psychology term of the day

May 8th 2024

manoptoscope

n. a hollow cone used for measuring eye dominance. The observer views a small target by placing the base of the cone near the eyes and then viewing the target through the small end of the cone while closing first one eye and then the other. The eye through which the target is actually seen is the dominant eye.