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Shaw, Donita Massengill; Berg, Margaret A. – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2008
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of an instructional spelling approach, Word Study, on the spelling ability of adults with limited literacy proficiency. Ten adults (five control and five experimental) were given the Developmental Spelling Assessment. The control participants received traditional spelling instruction, and the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Spelling, Intervention, Phonics
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Oakland, Thomas; Black, Jeffrey L.; Stanford, George; Nussbaum, Nancy L.; Balise, Raymond R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
The Dyslexia Training Program, a remedial reading program derived from Orton-Gillingham methods, embodies principles of structured phonetic instruction, drill and repetition, and multisensory methodology. Following the two-year program, dyslexic students (N=22) demonstrated significantly higher reading recognition and comprehension than a control…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Drills (Practice), Dyslexia, Elementary Education
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Tobin, Kevin G. – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2004
This study is a follow-up on a previous study of the effects of 2 beginning reading programs implemented in 1st grade. In the previous study, 40 1st-grade students who were matched based on their Concepts About Print Test (Clay, 1979) and Phonological Segmentation Fluency from the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students