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Peer reviewedJenkins, Joseph R.; Vadasy, Patricia F.; Firebaugh, Mary; Profilet, Cathy – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2000
Description of a tutoring program for struggling 1st grade readers focuses on use of Sound Partners, a program designed for non-teacher tutors. This program emphasizes basic phonological awareness and phonological reading skills. The article describes the program's theoretical ancestry, application, research outcomes, and obstacles/solutions…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Grade 1, Phonology
Peer reviewedPershey, Monica Gordon; Gilbert, Thomas W. – Mental Retardation, 2002
This case study of an adult with developmental disabilities and no educational history reports on the successful literacy tutoring method used, which entails echo reading of brief passages and moving from holistic recognition of print to analysis of decoding and spelling. This approach contrasts with methods that first use small units of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Case Studies, Decoding (Reading)
