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Gerritz, Kathleen Ellen – 1975
This study examined first grade children's spelling of vowel sounds in relationship to the spellings these children were taught in their reading series and to the phonological aspects of the sounds. The subjects for the study were 12 first graders, six boys and six girls, in a public school in a Boston suburb. Written work done in school was…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Mihail, Brunette A. – 1986
Focusing on spelling as an integral part of the writing process, this annotated bibliography addresses the problem of developing individualized, focused, and relevant methods for teaching spelling to elementary students. The annotations are organized around two specific questions: What strategies do children use to spell words and what…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language)
Forman, Laurie Ann – 1977
Forty-six first-grade teachers' manuals and workbooks from three basal reading series published in the 1930s, 1950s, and 1970s were examined for differences in the amount of material devoted to word-attack skills. Word-attack skills were defined as the use of phonic and structural analysis for successfully attacking unrecognized words. Results…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Content Analysis, Decoding (Reading)
Vine, Ruth – 1978
The applicability of phonics generalizations, particularly the rule "When two vowels go walking the first one does the talking and the second one is silent," is examined in this paper. The first section reports on a study of the applicability of the two vowel rule to words in first- and second-grade basal readers and on a core vocabulary list; the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 1
Download full textCurran, Lisa; Guin, Lauren; Marshall, Laura – 2002
This study described a program designed to increase student reading comprehension in order to improve academic achievement. The targeted population consisted of third and eighth grade students in two schools located in Northern Illinois. Evidence for the existence of the problem included scores from the Stanford Test, low academic performance on…
Descriptors: Action Research, After School Programs, Cross Age Teaching, Grade 3
Ballard, Christine; Jacocks, Kathleen – 2001
This study describes a program designed to improve student reading fluency. The targeted population consisted of first and third grade students in a growing urban community in the Midwest. Evidence for the existence of the problem included standardized test scores and independent computer reports that measured academic achievement, phonic…
Descriptors: Action Research, Decoding (Reading), Grade 1, Grade 3
