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The Contributions of Phonological Awareness and Letter-Name Knowledge to Letter-Sound Acquisition--A Cross-Classified Multilevel Model Approach
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Kim, Young-Suk; Petscher, Yaacov; Foorman, Barbara R.; Zhou, Chengfu – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
In the present study, we investigated critical factors in letter-sound acquisition (i.e., letter-name knowledge and phonological awareness) with data from 653 English-speaking kindergartners in the beginning of the year. We examined (a) the contribution of phonological awareness to facilitating letter-sound acquisition from letter names and (b)…
Descriptors: Cues, Vowels, Beginning Reading, Phonological Awareness
Speech Perception and Speech Production as Indicators of Reading Difficulty.
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Post, Yolanda V.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Hiscock, Merrill – Annals of Dyslexia, 1997
To investigate the relationship between reading accuracy and speech processing, 20 skilled readers (grades 2-3) were compared with 20 less skilled readers on a speech perception and production task. The vowel phonemes were less securely represented in the perceptual systems of the less skilled readers than were consonant phonemes. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Children, Consonants, Elementary Education, Language Processing
Screening for Secondary Intervention: Concept and Context
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Ciancio, Dennis J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
The article by Speece (in this issue) underscores the disappointing accuracy results of early screening for reading difficulties and argues that development conceptualized as rate of learning matters. We respond by emphasizing three points. First, the purpose of early screening could be identifying students not at risk so that instructional…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Intervention, Screening Tests