Our aim was to teach word decoding skills to mildly mentally and physically handicapped children, using a computer-based approach. In contrast to earlier work carried out at Stanford University by Atkinson (Atkinson, 1974), which was based on a behaviourist model of the acquisition of reading skill, the method which we devised is based on a cognitive model of the processes underlying reading.
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Atkinson, R. L. (1974) Teaching children to read using a computer. American Psychologist, 29, 169-178.
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