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Peer reviewedMazurkiewicz, Albert J. – Reading World, 1974
Reports on a visual-auditory analysis of each of the 1575 e-ending words found on the "Rinsland Vocabulary List" to determine whether the e should be considered as a diacritic. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Phonetic Transcription
Mazurkiewicz, Albert J.; Kleederman, Frances – 1978
A study of the constraints on word recognition errors (miscues) readers make when reading a passage printed conventionally and one printed in a regularized orthography such as the initial teaching alphabet (i.t.a.) was undertaken with 50 second-grade students divided equally between children taught according to the orthographies being studied. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Miscue Analysis
Peer reviewedMazurkiewicz, Albert J. – Reading World, 1974
Discusses what studies of i.t.a. throughout the past eleven years have revealed for teachers and researchers in the field of reading. (TO)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedMazurkiewicz, Albert J. – Reading World, 1975
Concludes that i.t.a taught first grade students demonstrate no negative achievements characteristics in reading, language arts factors, or spelling when compared to their T.O. counterparts in the 10th grade year on standardized tests of achievement. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Reading Achievement
Mazurkiewicz, Albert J. – Literacy Discussion, 1972
Explains the basis for the initial teaching alphabet and how it functions. (RK)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Course Descriptions, Guidelines, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Download full textMazurkiewicz, Albert J. – 1971
This longitudinal study compared the longterm effects of beginning reading instruction in traditional orthography (TO) and the initial teaching alphabet (i.t.a.) on two pupil populations comparable in intelligence, socioeconomic status, and preschool experience. Teacher and school factors were rigorously controlled. A continuous comparison of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Creative Development, Elementary Education
Mazurkiewicz, Albert J. – 1973
This paper provides a rationale which rejects misinformation, assumptions, and biases as bases for decision making on the use of i.t.a. in teaching reading and writing to primary school children. A discussion is provided which questions the reality of professionalism in teacher-administrator populations as well as the reality of a concern for the…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Conference Reports, Elementary Education
Mazurkiewicz, Albert J. – 1973
Based on its use with first graders in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for an eleven year period, the Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) appears to have a number of advantages for reading instruction. These years of research have indicated that the advantages of i.t.a. are that it permits the child to: advance more rapidly in reading and writing…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Creative Writing, Grade 1, Initial Teaching Alphabet
