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Jessica Leigh Block – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) is commonly thought of as one of the best predictors of reading achievement when compared to phonological awareness and letter name knowledge (Norton & Wolf, 2012). However, only one previous study has demonstrated significant growth following a RAN intervention (Vander Stappen & Reybroeck, 2018). This…
Descriptors: Naming, Reading Processes, Reading Achievement, Phonological Awareness
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Robinson-Kooi, Sally; Hammond, Lorraine S – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2020
Daily contextualised sentence dictation was used for Year 2 students to practise, and the teacher to assess, taught spelling concepts, capital letters and full stop usage in an Explicit Instruction (EI) intervention. Conducted in a mainstream setting, it supported all students learning to spell, including those with a learning difficulty (LD) and…
Descriptors: Spelling Instruction, Punctuation, Teaching Methods, Alphabets
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Duran, Erol; Karatas, Arda – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
The aim of this study is to develop applications for the elimination of writing difficulties of primary school second year students. For this purpose, the following questions will be answered: "What is the contribution of letter writing practices to the elimination of writing difficulties?", "How does the practice of word writing…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Elementary School Students, Alphabets, Sentences
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Fancher, Lee Ann; Priestley-Hopkins, Deborah A.; Jeffries, Lynn M. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2018
This systematic review provides an overview of the impact of early writing in preschoolers and the effectiveness of handwriting interventions between kindergarten and second grade. Seven experimental studies (pre-K-7 yo) and eight handwriting intervention group studies (pre-K-2) were reviewed. The results suggest that writing letters in late…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Writing Instruction, Preschool Children, Intervention
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Wolf, Beverly; Abbott, Robert D.; Berninger, Virginia W. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
In Study 1, the treatment group (N = 33 first graders, M = 6 years 10 months, 16 girls) received Slingerland multi-modal (auditory, visual, tactile, motor through hand, and motor through mouth) manuscript (unjoined) handwriting instruction embedded in systematic spelling, reading, and composing lessons; and the control group (N = 16 first graders,…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Writing Instruction, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
The "Read Naturally"[R] program is a supplemental reading program that aims to improve reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension of elementary and middle school students using a combination of texts, audio CDs, and computer software. The program uses one of four products that share a common fluency-building strategy: "Read…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Beginning Reading
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Hermanto, Nicola; Moreno, Sylvain; Bialystok, Ellen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2012
Anglophone children in Grades 2 and 5 who attended an intensive French immersion program were examined for linguistic and metalinguistic ability in English and French. Measures of linguistic proficiency (vocabulary and grammatical knowledge) were consistently higher in English and remained so even after 5 years of immersion education in French.…
Descriptors: Sentences, Immersion Programs, Metalinguistics, Semantics