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Burton, Rivka – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Many students with cognitive impairments are not afforded the opportunity to develop their potential as readers. A review of the literature reveals that few researchers have evaluated the effects of phonics instruction on the reading skills of students with cognitive impairments. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Alphabets, Teaching Methods
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DiLorenzo, Kim E.; Rody, Carlotta A.; Bucholz, Jessica L.; Brady, Michael P. – Preventing School Failure, 2011
The authors explored "Itchy's Alphabet" as an innovative approach to teaching letter-sound connections through multisensory cues. This is the initial demonstration of this instructional method for increasing students' sublexical skills (letter identification, letter-sound knowledge, and phonological awareness). To examine the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Orthographic Symbols, Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten