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Morris, Darrell – Reading Teacher, 2015
Across the pendulum-like changes in beginning reading instruction over the past 30 years, three interrelated ideas emerge as the key to preventing reading failure in kindergarten and first grade: (1) an interesting, carefully-leveled book curriculum; (2) a leveled phonics curriculum; and (3) a well-trained teacher who knows how to integrate guided…
Descriptors: Prevention, Reading Failure, Phonics, Student Needs
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Glavach, Matthew; Pribyl, Warren – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2018
The study presents a reading intervention for children having a variety of reading deficits. For this study it was found that most of the children had not responded positively to phonics instruction. Based on brain imaging studies, it has been shown that there are positive changes in the left brains of readers with dyslexia who receive phonemic…
Descriptors: Whole Language Approach, Reading Instruction, Language Rhythm, Phonics
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Cihon, Traci M.; Gardner, Ralph, III; Morrison, Dorothy; Paul, Peter V. – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2008
The article presents a model of an effectively implemented visual phonics intervention program for kindergarten children at high risk for reading failure in a general education classroom. There is a growing body of professional literature documenting the effectiveness of visual phonics for children who are hard-of-hearing or deaf. There is little…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Phonics, Reading Failure, Kindergarten
Carbo, Marie – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Relates individual student experiences to illustrate that many poor readers are dropouts of programs requiring strongly analytic/auditory reading styles. Recommends adopting the "whole-language" approach for today's global learners. Uses research findings to outline instructional methods that match students' reading styles. (CJH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation, Phonics, Reading Failure
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Bishop, Meredith – Policy Review, 1991
Discusses efforts to achieve higher rates of adult literacy and pedagogical approaches to learning to read. Describes definitions of literacy, school standards, and possible reasons for high rates of adult illiteracy. Discusses teaching methods, particularly the Nellie Thomas method, which has had success in prison literacy programs. (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Correctional Education
Thomas, Ruth Fleming; Nagel, C. Van – 1988
A creative visualization approach to spelling and word recognition has been tried successfully with both adults and children. Unlike the traditional phonic approach to spelling, which is a left brain, analytical approach, the creative visualization approach uses the right brain. In addition, the approach eliminates the unpleasant associations with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Beginning Reading, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Decoding (Reading)