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Brady, Susan; Gillis, Margie; Smith, Tara; Lavalette, MaryEllen; Liss-Bronstein, Linda; Lowe, Evelyn; North, Wendy; Russo, Evelyn; Wilder, T. Diane – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
The study examined the efficacy of an intensive form of professional development (PD) for building the knowledge of first-grade teachers in the areas of phonological awareness and phonics. The PD featured frequent in-class support from highly knowledgeable mentors for one school year, in addition to an introductory two-day summer institute and…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Phonics, Self Efficacy, Phonological Awareness
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Woolsey, M. Lynn; Satterfield, Susan T.; Roberson, Len – American Annals of the Deaf, 2006
Visual Phonics is an instructional program to provide print awareness, alphabet knowledge, and sound-letter correspondence for children with hearing loss who experience difficulty developing a foundation of phonemic awareness skills. Its purpose is "to clarify the sound symbol relationship between spoken English and print" (Waddy-Smith…
Descriptors: Phonics, Speech Language Pathology, Phonemes, Partial Hearing
Greif, Ivo P. – 1988
Reading failure can be eliminated by the year 2000 if reading teachers believe it can be done, can develop the new procedures needed to make their dreams come true, and are willing to make fundamental changes in how they teach reading. Phonic utility research clearly indicates that phonics instruction is neither dependable nor useful. The current…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Grammar, Oral Reading
Udoh, Imelda Icheji Lawrence – 1994
The educational and linguistic rationales for designing an adult English-as-a-Second-Language literacy program based on phonics are discussed, with specific reference to an Ibibio adult literacy program in Nigeria. An introductory section gives an overview of Nigerian policy and practice concerning literacy education. Next, the phonics approach to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, African Languages, Classroom Techniques