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Hocanson, Cherie D. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to explore the utilization of music to teach phonics in kindergarten at four elementary schools in northwest Ohio. The theory guiding this study was the schema theory as it explains how individuals are able to recognize patterns previously learned, organize those patterns, and then use those…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Music
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Shoaga, Opeyemi; Akintola, Olugbenga Adeyanju; Okpor, Christiana Isiwat – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Nurturing reading proficiency among the Nigerian children has become pivotal to a functional and development-oriented education. The place of phonics in achieving this strategic goal seems unquestionable with attendant entrepreneurial opportunities for early childhood educators. This study therefore, investigates the influence of phonics in…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Phonics, Entrepreneurship
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Ehri, Linnea C.; Flugman, Bert – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Teaching systematic phonics effectively to beginning readers requires specialized knowledge and training which many primary grade teachers lack. The current study examined effects of a year-long mentoring program to improve teachers' knowledge and effectiveness in teaching phonics and the extent that it improved students' achievement in reading…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mentors, Phonics
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Cockerille, Anna Gratz – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2014
During the 2012-2013 school year, Metropolitan Montessori School, on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a school for 3-to-12-year-olds, adopted a reading workshop approach. This decision resulted from several recognized needs. One need was to provide teachers with a strong, clear framework for literacy instruction, particularly at the emergent reading…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Workshops, Montessori Method, Elementary School Students
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Wang, Ye; Spychala, Heather; Harris, Regina S.; Oetting, Tara L. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2013
The study explored the effects of a phonics-based early intervention package on the early reading skills of three preschool students who were d/Deaf or hard of hearing who differed in regard to degree of hearing loss, use of amplification, and communication mode. The 40-week intervention (50-week in one case) was delivered through individual and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Phonics, Early Intervention, Deafness
Rachel Kennedy Powell – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Teachers are now being held to high accountability standards in reading instruction, yet studies show that teachers lack adequate knowledge in reading and phonological awareness principles (Moats, 1994, 2009; Spencer, Schuele, Guillot, & Lee, 2008). The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of visual representations of…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids