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Cognitive Flexibility + Phonics Intervention Effects on Reading Gains
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Patricia F. Vadasy; Elizabeth A. Sanders – Reading Psychology, 2023
This is the second in series of studies designed to test direct and conditional effects of embedded cognitive practice in phonics instruction. Students identified in winter of kindergarten with minimal alphabet knowledge were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: explicit phonics (Plain) (n = 28) or explicit phonics with embedded cognitive…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Reading with Understanding in a Lower Primary Classroom: A Learning Journey to Improve Teacher Practice and Student Learning Outcome
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Shomal Prabhashni Chandra; Satish Prakash Chand – Reading Psychology, 2024
This action research study aimed to improve reading with understanding in a lower primary classroom in Fiji. Five emergent readers were selected through an examination of class running records. Peer observation, student worksheets, and class running records were utilized to collect data. The data analysis revealed that when teachers implement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction
A Qualitative Study of Teacher Perceptions on Using an Explicit Instruction Curriculum to Teach Early Reading Skills to Students with Significant Developmental Disabilities
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Taylor, D. Bruce; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Flowers, Claudia – Reading Psychology, 2010
This study examines teachers' perceptions about a structured literacy curriculum that uses explicit instruction and teacher script combined with instructional practices common in special education such as time delay, error correction, and prompting strategies. The main research question addressed by this study was "What are the perceptions and…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Developmental Disabilities, Reading Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
Efficacy of Computer-Assisted Instruction for the Development of Early Literacy Skills in Young Children
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Macaruso, Paul; Rodman, Alyson – Reading Psychology, 2011
Two studies examined the efficacy of using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) to supplement a phonics-based reading curriculum for preschoolers and kindergartners in an urban public school system. The CAI programs provided exercises in phonological awareness and basic phonics skills. We compared treatment classes using CAI with control classes…
Descriptors: Phonics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Phonological Awareness, Scores
The Efficacy of Computer-Assisted Instruction for Advancing Literacy Skills in Kindergarten Children
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Macaruso, Paul; Walker, Adelaide – Reading Psychology, 2008
We examined the benefits of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) as a supplement to a phonics-based reading curriculum for kindergartners in an urban public school system. The CAI program provides systematic exercises in phonological awareness and letter-sound correspondences. Comparisons were made between children in classes receiving a sufficient…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Phonological Awareness, Pretests Posttests
The Reading Theoretical Orientation of Teachers Who Instruct Special Needs Students.
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Meyerson, Maria J.; Van Vactor, John C. – Reading Psychology, 1992
Investigates the reading orientation of teachers who instruct students with special needs by using the Theoretical Orientation in Reading Profile. Finds that teachers in the study were not strongly associated with any one theoretical orientation but tended to be eclectic. Finds also that the teachers clustered primarily into two orientations:…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Research, Reading Skills
Teachers' Beliefs about Good Reading Instruction.
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Richards, Janet C.; And Others – Reading Psychology, 1987
Identifies two statistically significant prediction equations involving independent dynamics that are based on information provided by 225 primary teachers regarding (1) 14 predictor variables and (2) their orientations toward three instructional emphases: graphophonics, skills, and whole language. (NKA)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 3, Phonics, Primary Education