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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"Phonics"”.
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Phonics and Parents: Keys to Reading Success
<p>Reading is a critical lifetime skill. It is also a topic that generates much controversy. Addressing California and the rest of the nation’s reading crisis has again called for an adjustment as well as an evaluation of current instructional practices and reading curriculum. Critics have argued …
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Differentiated Phonics Lessons Effect on Fluency and School Culture
… study investigates the effect of differentiated phonics lessons on reading fluency and examines the effect of these lessons on student and teacher perceptions of school culture. The study examines quantitative data on the effectiveness of the skill lessons. The qualitative findings examine the …
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A study of the effectiveness of Saxon Phonics on phonemic awareness
… the effectiveness of a structured, systematic phonics program such 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 …
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Use of Visual Phonics in the Remediation of Children's Phonological Disorders
… developed hand symbol system called Visual Phonics (1985) may enhance the remediation of phonological processes. Support for this proposition comes from studies which have incorporated, with some success, the use of manual sign language with speech-language intervention.</p> <p>The purpose …
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Implementaing Literacy Circles to Enhance Student Achievement Within a Phonics Based Curriculum
… and its adoption, the on-going debate between phonics-based instruction and whole-language instruction, and the importance of reading fluency as a reading competency indicator. The sample includes a control group of 27 students and an intervention group of 21 students placed in two different …
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Systematic Synthetic Phonics and Bilingual Learners: Primary School Teachers’ Perspectives, Perceptions and Experiences.
… adaptations when delivering Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) instruction to bilingual learners, particularly those identified as using English as an Additional Language (EAL). Against the backdrop of rising linguistic diversity in English primary schools, where over 22% of pupils use EAL, the …
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The impact of the intensity of a contextualised phonics intervention on striving second grade readers
… intensity of a 10 week contextualized systematic phonics intervention based on Turner and Bodien’s (2007) methodology on six striving second grade readers. It was specifically concerned to ascertain the impact on reading performance of daily one-to-one intervention for 30 minutes a day compared to …
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A sociological analysis of phonics lesson plans across four structured pedagogic programmes in South Africa
… to as teacher guides) that attempt to structure phonics pedagogy, this study uses a Bernsteinian framework located in the sociology of education to analyse the various ‘controls' the lesson plans place on pedagogy. It considers how these controls relate to the literature on effective phonics …
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Preliminary Study of the Application of Visual Phonics to the Remediation of Developmental Dyspraxia of Speech
… auditory, tactile and visual stimuli is Visual Phonics. Research is limited in the use of Visual Phonics in dyspraxic intervention and, therefore, its contribution to remediation cannot be substantiated.</p> <p>The purpose of the present study was to investigate the contribution of Visual …
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Pre-primary teachers’ enacted understandings of explicit instruction of phonics and phonological awareness as evidenced in practice
… instruction in “systematic, direct and explicit” phonics and phonological awareness (PA) can reduce the incidence of reading difficulties (Moats, 2010). The aim of this thesis was to investigate, describe and analyse teachers’ enacted understanding of Explicit Instruction in phonics and …
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A Critical Examination of the Phonics and Structural Analysis Skill Development in the SRA Reading Laboratory IIIa
… was made in an effort to tabulate all of the phonics and structural analysis skills presented in the SRA Reading Laboratory IIIa as to the various kinds offered; frequency of use; methods of presentation. Also, extensive research was attempted to ascertain leading reading authorities' opinions …
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Gottshall Early Reading Intervention: A phonics based approach to enhance the achievement of low performing, rural, first grade boys.
… if direct instruction with a small group, phonics based approach would increase the literacy achievement of low performing, rural, first grade boys. Participants were selected according to Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) scores, matched them across race, ethnicity, and socio-economic …
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THE TEACHING OF EARLY READING IN ENGLISH USING THE PHONICS APPROACH IN MALAYSIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS: TEACHER BELIEFS, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES
… (Malaysia Education Blueprint) which promoted a phonics approach in early reading. In order to achieve this, a mixed methods approach to investigate four research questions was adopted. For Phase 1, the study utilised a survey to elicit the beliefs, knowledge and practices from a large number of …
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The effects of an integrated whole language and phonics-based instructional spelling program on student spelling ability and self-concept
… of this research was to create an integrated phonics and whole language approach to teaching spelling to regular education and resource students. The sample included thirty-nine fourth grade students, which were split into an experimental and a control group. Students in the experimental group …
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The Effectiveness of a Skill Based Explicit Phonics Reading Program K-2 as Measured by Studetn Performance and Teacher Evaluation
… and advantages of using an explicit phonics based reading program in kindergarten through second grade. As teachers, the methods of decoding words that we introduce to the beginning readers must prove to be effective in introducing and building reading skills. Most recent studies have …
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