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Bell, Nicola; Farrell-Whelan, Max; Wheldall, Kevin – Australian Journal of Education, 2020
Teachers in England and South Australia annually administer the Phonics Screening Check (PSC) to Year 1 students, with the purpose of identifying struggling readers. Students who do not meet the score threshold have not met the expected standard of word-decoding ability, meaning further support may be warranted. We sought to quantify the extent to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonics, Screening Tests, Grade 1
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Wheldall, Kevin; Bell, Nicola; Wheldall, Robyn; Madelaine, Alison – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2019
The aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of a small-group reading instruction program that was delivered over two school terms to Australian students in Years 3 through 6. A large cohort (n = 239) of primary school children was assessed on their literacy skills before and after receiving 'MacqLit', a phonics-based program…
Descriptors: Intervention, Elementary School Students, Reading Difficulties, Instructional Effectiveness