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The Original RAVE-O Paper: Where the Program Began

The Original RAVE-O Paper: Where the Program Began

The Original RAVE-O Paper: Where the Program Began

Retrieval, Automaticity, Vocabulary Elaboration, Orthography — the 2000 paper that introduced RAVE-O to the field.

Retrieval, Automaticity, Vocabulary Elaboration, Orthography — the 2000 paper that introduced RAVE-O to the field.

Retrieval, Automaticity, Vocabulary Elaboration, Orthography — the 2000 paper that introduced RAVE-O to the field.

Maryanne Wolf, Lynne Miller & Katharine Donnelly

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The first published description of RAVE-O, in the Journal of Learning Disabilities (2000). From the abstract:

The program involves comprehensive emphases both on fluency in word attack, word identification, and comprehension and on automaticity in underlying componential processes… with particular stress on facilitating the development of rapid orthographic pattern recognition and on changing children’s attitudes toward language.

— Wolf, Miller & Donnelly, 2000

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

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