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Roberts, Tessa – Reading, 1977
Focuses on four kinds of reading/writing actions which readers and writers need to perform and which are based on two actions necessary to phonic competence: the blending of sounds together (synthesis) and the splitting of a sound into its component parts (analysis). (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading, Reading Instruction
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Carr, Eileen M.; Mazur-Stewart, Marianne – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1988
Investigates the effectiveness of the Vocabulary Overview Guide in improving vocabulary comprehension and retention. Concludes that, compared to traditional methods of listing words and studying definitions, the guide increases vocabulary comprehension, retention, and metacognitive awareness. (MM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Eiser, Leslie – Classroom Computer Learning, 1986
Highlights the advantages of word processors and spelling checkers in improving student writing skills. Explains how spelling checkers work and describes the types of available checkers. Also provides lists of Apple, IBM, and Commodore word processors and checkers. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Microcomputers
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Parkin, Alan J.; Ilett, Alison – Journal of Research in Reading, 1986
Examines how spelling-to-sound irregularity affects pronunciation latencies when words are presented in a sentence, and concludes that pronunciation latencies are strongly affected by the type of preceding sentence, with the specific sentences producing shorter latencies than the general sentences. (HOD)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Higher Education, Oral Reading, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Ganske, Kathy – 2000
This book presents a practical approach for assessing children's spelling and word knowledge abilities and offering effective, appropriate instruction. Included in the book is the Developmental Spelling Analysis (DSA), a dictated word inventory that enables teachers to evaluate students' stages of spelling development and their knowledge of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Activities, Phonics
Coiner, John M. – 1995
A study investigated the source of teacher frustration concerning their students' spelling abilities and whether or not word study increases retention as opposed to a traditional approach to spelling instruction. Subjects, 16 fifth-grade students at a public school in a suburban area of central Virginia, were formed into groups based on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Brandt, Tiffany E.; Gielbelhaus, Carmen R. – 2000
An action research project was conducted to measure any difference in spelling achievement after Word Study activities were used during spelling instruction. Word Study approaches to spelling instruction offer hands-on experiences with the manipulation of letters to form words. It was hypothesized that students taught spelling skills with a Word…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Learning Disabilities
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Burton, Elizabeth; Glass, Gerald G. – Education, 1973
This study seeks to determine the extent to which elementary school children utilize the approaches which were taught them in their word-analysis (Decoding) program. (Author)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Elementary School Students, Interaction Process Analysis, Symbolic Learning
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Knafle, June D. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1973
Descriptors: Cues, Early Childhood Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
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Twaddell, Freeman – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper prepared under contract with the Defense Language Institute, English Language Branch, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and presented to the staff and faculty of the Institute in 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Graphs, Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Schnare, Sharon – Teacher, 1979
Instructions are provided for constructing a classroom learning center, with nine separate games and activities, to teach pupils to locate words in the dictionary through the use of guide words, entry words, and picture clues. (SJL)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Educational Games, Grade 3, Learning Activities
Steuer, Loreli Olson; Murphy, Theresa Gaffney – Teacher, 1979
Teaching suggestions and game ideas are presented for teaching basic and more advanced decoding in the primary and intermediate grades. This article is one of four in this issue that comprise the Teacher's Reading Seminar 1979. (SJL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Learning Activities
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Hanlon, Marianne Mazzei; Cantrell, R. Jeffrey – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Describes how an adult male learner who had been identified as learning disabled many years ago participated in a spelling-based word-study program. Describes the program and its theoretical rationale, discusses his progress, and notes implications for adult-literacy learners' spelling instruction. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities
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Craft Al-Hazza, Tami; Gupta, Abha – Preventing School Failure, 2006
The authors recommend a reading tutoring lesson framework, in a checklist format, to guide volunteer tutors during tutoring sessions for children in elementary grades 1-3. The reading tutor checklist is intended to be used by literacy coaches, reading specialists, and classroom teachers to train literacy volunteers in schools. The checklist…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Educational Strategies, Check Lists, Word Recognition
Sangston, Amy C. – 1993
A significant amount of research has revealed that many students memorize words for a test, then later forget the correct spellings. A study examined the effectiveness of two approaches to teaching spelling: the "traditional" method based on grade level speller and deductive thinking; and word study based on recent research on developmental…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
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