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Download full textShapiro, Phyllis P.; Shapiro, Bernard J. – 1971
The effects on written composition of two reading approaches--traditional orthography (TO) and the initial teaching alphabet (i.t.a.)--are compared. Two hundred and ninety-three first graders and 391 second graders, half of whom had learned reading with TO and half with i.t.a., were each asked to write two compositions. These essays were rated on…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Creative Writing, Grade 1, Grade 2
Trost, David McRoberts-Adair – 1971
The purpose of this study was to determine whether children learning to read in the initial teaching alphabet (i.t.a.) and traditional orthography (TO) differ in general attitudes toward reading, in fluency in written expression, and in reading vocabulary and comprehension at the end of their second-grade school experience. Further, this study…
Descriptors: Initial Teaching Alphabet, Intelligence Quotient, Reading, Reading Achievement
Shapiro, Bernard J.; Shapiro, Phyllis P. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of two methods of reading instruction on children's ability to write original compositions. The subjects for this study were 684 first and second graders. Of the 293 first grade children, 130 were receiving their reading instruction in i.t.a., while the remaining 163 children were working in…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Grade 1, Grade 2, Initial Teaching Alphabet
