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Sight Words

Sight Words is a pedagogical construct in literacy education referring to a curated set of high-frequency words that readers are expected to recognize instantly by sight without requiring phonetic decoding, thereby facilitating fluent reading comprehension.

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12.2K

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463

Authors

164

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2017–2026

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Publications

185

Reading: A psycholinguistic guessing game

Kenneth S. Goodman · Journal of the Reading Specialist · 1967 · 1.8K citations

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Learning to Read Words: Theory, Findings, and Issues

Linnea C. Ehri · Scientific Studies of Reading · 2005 · 1.4K citations

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Orthographic Mapping in the Acquisition of Sight Word Reading, Spelling Memory, and Vocabulary Learning

Linnea C. Ehri · Scientific Studies of Reading · 2013 · 681 citations

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Research on Reading Instruction for Individuals with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Diane M. Browder, Shawnee Wakeman, Fred Spooner et al. · Exceptional Children · 2006 · 479 citations

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Movement into Reading: Is the First Stage of Printed Word Learning Visual or Phonetic?

Linnea C. Ehri, Lee S. Wilce · Reading Research Quarterly · 1985 · 416 citations

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Authors

463

  1. DM
    Diane M. Browder

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. DL
    David L. Gast

    University of Georgia, United States

    10 publications · 523 citations

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  3. MW
    Mark Wolery

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    6 publications · 334 citations

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  4. CH
    Christopher H. Skinner

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    5 publications · 207 citations

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  5. LC
    Linnea C. Ehri

    City University of New York, United States

    5 publications · 2.7K citations

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Institutions

164

  1. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    Charlotte, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    533 citations

  4. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    718 citations

  5. Lehigh University

    Bethlehem, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    518 citations

  6. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    673 citations

  7. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    390 citations

  8. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    412 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

    JABA · 14 publications · 695 citations

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  2. The Journal of Special Education

    8 publications · 470 citations

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  3. The Reading Teacher

    RT · 8 publications · 212 citations

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  4. Journal of Behavioral Education

    7 publications · 301 citations

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  5. Remedial and Special Education

    RASE · 6 publications · 405 citations

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