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Rapid Automatized Naming

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Rapid automatized naming, or RAN, is a task that measures how quickly individuals can name aloud objects, pictures, colors or symbols such as letters or digits. Variation in children's rapid automatized naming time is a strong predictor of their later reading ability, independent of other predictors such as phonological awareness, verbal IQ and existing reading skills, and naming speed for pictures and letters can predict later reading ability even in children who are not yet literate.

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Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is a task that measures how quickly individuals can name aloud objects, pictures, colors, or symbols. 1
Origin Year
1974 1
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1. Rapid Automatized Naming (Wikipedia)
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    Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is a task that measures how quickly individuals can name aloud objects, pictures, colors, or symbols.
  • History section
    Rapid automatized naming was first identified in 1974 as predicting reading abilities in young English readers between 5-11 years of age by Martha Bridge Denckla and Rita Rudel of Columbia University.
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