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Peer reviewedDowning, John – Educational Research, 1970
Descriptors: Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reports
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading, 1972
Lists criticisms and responses to the i.t.a. (MM)
Descriptors: Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedDowning, John – English in Australia, 1976
Analyzes the Bullock commission's view on the methodology of beginning reading instruction with special reference to i.t.a. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading Teacher, 1976
Discusses the positive effects that can be gained from using the initial teaching alphabet in beginning reading instruction. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Primary Education
Downing, John – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Descriptors: Alphabets, Basic Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading Improvement, 1973
Presents i.t.a. in a way that enables a teacher to learn the i.t.a. code individually and describes i.t.a. on the basis of American pronunciation. (TO)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Achievement, Reading Research
Downing, John – Exceptional Child, 1978
The review surveys published and unpublished reports of the use of the Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) with several types of sensory handicaps. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Instructional Materials, Literature Reviews
Downing, John – Literacy Discussion, 1972
Discusses scientific research on the orthography factor in literacy acquisition. First, an i. t. a. experiment was carried out in Britain, and the second study was a comparision of literacy acquisition in 14 different countries. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Guidance, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Literacy, Orthographic Symbols
Download full textDowning, John; Halliwell, Stanley – 1964
The British experiment with the Initial Teaching Alphabet was in its third year at the time of this report on the effectiveness of i.t.a. as a beginning reading program. Two groups of students were compared; one that started learning to read with i.t.a. and one that started with t.o. (traditional orthography). Reading and spelling tests were…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Longitudinal Studies
Downing, John – 1973
Teachers, principals, and other administrators who are considering the adoption of i.t.a. for language arts in the primary grades need objective information about its advantages and its disadvantages. The purpose of this paper is to provide a list of the disadvantages which may be inherent in the adoption of i.t.a. The disadvantages of i.t.a. may…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Language Arts, Primary Education
Downing, John – 1969
The Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.), devised by Sir James Pitman as a simplified alphabet for beginning readers, consists of 44 characters plus a set of rules for standard spellings of English words using these characters. The characters and rules are designed to ensure easy transition from i.t.a. to traditional orthography (T.O.). In September…
Descriptors: Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Literature Reviews
Downing, John – Elem Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, English
Downing, John – Reading Soc Setting, 1967
Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).
Descriptors: Copyrights, Discovery Learning, History, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Downing, John – Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement
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