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Direct linkJohnston, Rhona S.; Watson, Joyce E. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2004
In Experiment 1, it was found that 5-year-old new school entrants taught by a synthetic phonics method had better reading, spelling and phonemic awareness than two groups taught analytic phonics. The synthetic phonics children were the only ones that could read by analogy, and they also showed better reading of irregular words and nonwords. For…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Spelling, Phonemes, Beginning Reading
Download full textWatson, Joyce E.; Johnston, Rhona S. – 1998
Conducted in three phases, a study examined the teaching of reading in the early stages of primary school. The study was done by a research team from the University of St. Andrews School of Psychology, Scotland. Phase one explored methods of teaching reading and spelling in a sample of 12 schools within one Education Authority. Phase two examined…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Phonemic Awareness, Phonemics
