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Phonemic awareness and sight word reading in toddlers
This study investigated emerging phonemic awareness skills and printed sight word recognition abilities in two-year-old toddlers using plain text and MorphoPhonic Face words on flash cards. MorphoPhonic Face words were used to determine if this learning process is enhanced when words are iconically …
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The Use of Soundabet to Increase Phonemic Awareness
<p>Phonemic awareness is an essential stepping stone in the reading development of primary grade students. Dan Gurney created a supplemental phonics program called Soundabet, which uses instructional songs. The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of Soundabet can increase students' …
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The Effectiveness of Phonemic Awareness Instruction on Struggling Readers
Phonemic awareness, defined as understanding phonemes, a linguistic set of units considered the basics of speech sound by which words are represented, is an important skill set to acquire in the elementary grades. The relationship between phonemic awareness, or the more commonly, phonological …
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Auditory Training and its Effect on the Phonemic Awareness Development of Individuals with Dyslexia Who Have a Deficit in Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
… music-related, intervention connected to phonemic awareness development impacted the phonological and phonemic awareness abilities of an individual with dyslexia who had a deficit in phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness requires the individual to (a) isolate individual sounds, (b) …
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The Effects of Preschool on Phonemic Awareness in First Grade
This study examined whether there was a statistically significant difference between the reading readiness skills in first grade of students who attended preschool and students who did not attend preschool. The researcher compiled a list of students in first grade who attended preschool. Another …
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The Relationship Between Phonemic Awareness and Preschool Children's Literacy Activities
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Test-Retest Reliability of Phonemic Awareness Assessment Instruments of Kindergarten Students
… reading ability. The extent to which a child is phonemically aware can predict how well he or she will be able to read. With this in mind, many instruments exist that test for these phonemic awareness skills. The purpose of this research was to examine the test-retest reliability of four phonemic …
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A study of the effectiveness of Saxon Phonics on phonemic awareness
… as the Saxon Phonics 1 program in improving the phonemic awareness of first grade students. The effectiveness of this program was measured by a pre and post assessment using The Test of Phonological Awareness (TOPA).</p> <p>The subjects for this study consisted of two groups of first grade …
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The Relationship Between English Language Learners' Phonemic Awareness and Decoding Skills
<p>This study examined correlations between phonemic awareness and decoding in English language learners (ELL) and English-proficient (non-ELL) first grade students. There is a general consensus in the literature that phonemic awareness and decoding are strongly related during early reading …
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Using Computers to Develop Phonemic Awareness in the Early Primary Classroom
… a computer application can be used to develop phonemic awareness in the early primary classroom, which is a key component of phonics. This thesis explores the evolution of the strategy for teaching literacy in the UK which shows phonics to be a key component of that strategy. However, …
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American Sign Language phonemic awareness in deaf children: implications for instruction
… #1 subjects are given the American Sign Language Phonemic Awareness Inventory (ASLP AI). In Study #2 the phonological aspect ofhandshape and its relationship to the Manual Alphabet is investigated. Twenty-nine deaf children, between the ages of 4-8, who used sign language, were tested on 7 major …
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Improvoing Head Start Children's Emergent Literacy and Phonemic Awareness Through Parent Training
Typically, research on emergent literacy and phonemic awareness is focused on children older than five years of age. The research clearly suggests that emergent literacy and phonemic awareness skills are precursors for children to learn to read and that low-income children often lack these skills. …
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Predictive Validity of Kindergarten Phonemic Awareness Measures on Second Grade Reading Skills
… of phonological structure and lack of awareness of phonemes. Phonemic awareness tasks are divided into two broad categories: synthetic or analytic. Both have been shown to be accurate indicators of later reading ability. Little research has been conducted on the predictive nature of …
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Visual Processing Ability: Early Predictor Of Inferential Language And Phonemic Awareness Ability
… visual processing, inferential language, and phonemic awareness ability. All participants attended Model Laboratory school, passed a visual and hearing screening, spoke English as the primary language in their household, possessed no history of disorder or disability as evidenced by passing a …
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Dr. Suess in the Classroom: Building the Phonemic Awareness of Kindergarten Students
… review of the literature, I explore phonological awareness, focusing on the rhyming skills of kindergarten students. The value of Dr. Seuss’ children’s literature, which is renown for rhyming, repetition and predictable structures, has not been accredited in reading curriculums or included in …
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Increasing Phonemic Awareness in Kindergarten Students: Using iPads in Language Arts Centers
… range of abilities, specifically in the area of phonemic awareness. Student abilities are not evaluated accurately using paper pencil tests.</p> <p>A review of the literature addresses teaching approaches and effective use of technology in an elementary classroom. Implications of the research …
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Phonemic Awareness in Preschool Children in Relation to Reading Practices in the Home
Research suggests that phonemic awareness predicts later reading achievement and that children from low-SES families are "at-risk" for failing to develop phonemic awareness. Before children enter school, they spend the majority of their time with their caregivers. Therefore, activities that take …
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Phonemic awareness development and beginning reading: At-risk children in programs of integrated language arts instruction
In this study phonemic awareness development is examined as it occurs among grade one students engaged in learning to read and write in integrated language arts programs.
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