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Download full textDowning, John – 1973
Teachers, principals, and other administrators who are considering the adoption of i.t.a. for language arts in the primary grades need objective information about its advantages and its disadvantages. The purpose of this paper is to provide a list of the disadvantages which may be inherent in the adoption of i.t.a. The disadvantages of i.t.a. may…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Language Arts, Primary Education
Dapper, Gloria – Reading Newsreport, 1973
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Course Content, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Program Development
Rose, Ivan M. – Claremont Coll Reading Conf 32nd Yearbook, 1968
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedPitman, Sir James – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Norwegian, Phonics
Bellevue Public Schools, WA. – 1970
The achievement of four groups of children as measured by the Stanford Achievement Test was compared at the end of the first, second, and third year of school. The four programs used were the initial teaching alphabet (i.t.a.), Words in Color (WIC), Phonetic Keys, and teacher-designed analytic programs. At the end of the first year there appeared…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Primary Education
Pidgeon, D. A. – 1972
While it is appreciated that research on many of the details of early language learning is still required, one of the main themes of this paper is that solutions to the major problems of beginning reading are already known. In general, there has been a sufficiency of research, and what is now needed is action to implement the results already…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols
Burg, Dorothy Lee – 1971
Second-grade pupils who were taught reading in the first grade with the Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) were compared with pupils who were taught reading with traditional orthography (TO). Seventy students from two schools in Moline, Illinois, were divided into a control group (using TO) and an experimental group (using i.t.a.) and were matched…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Grade 2
Peer reviewedDietrich, Dorothy M. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Individualized Instruction, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Instructional Innovation
Crisp, Glen – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Briefly defines nine distinct methods of teaching reading and summarizes how teachers use reading materials. (AEA)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Individualized Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Language Experience Approach
Downing, John – Elem Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, English
Peer reviewedShapiro, Bernard J.; Willford, Robert E. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comprehension, Grade 1, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Mackintosh, Helen K., Ed. – 1965
Eight approaches to the teaching of elementary reading are described briefly. The Executive Committee of the Department of Elementary-Kindergarten-Nursery Education of the National Education Association selected the approaches to be discussed. They include (1) Language Experience Approach by R. V. Allen, (2) Phonic Approach by Charles E. Wingo,…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Programs
Aukerman, Robert – Reading Newsreport, 1972
Evaluates some of the 100 different teaching approaches to beginning reading and reading theory. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Individualized Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Peer reviewedStolee, Peter B. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Phonics, Reading Comprehension
DUNN, LLOYD M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
AN INTERIM REPORT OF A 3-YEAR STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA) AND THE PEABODY LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT KITS (PLDK) WITH UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN BEGINNING READING AND IN STIMULATING ORAL LANGUAGE AND VERBAL INTELLIGENCE IS PRESENTED. FIVE EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS AND ONE CONTROL GROUP WERE DERIVED FROM 17 CLASSES IN…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Initial Teaching Alphabet
