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Mireles, Denise C. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Reading difficulties are the most common cause of academic failure and underachievement (International Dyslexic Association, 2012). Over the last half century, the Orton-Gillingham approach has been an influential intervention designed expressly for remediating the language processing problems of children and adults with dyslexia. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Case Studies, Dyslexia, Instructional Effectiveness
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Romero, Yanilis – English Language Teaching, 2020
An investigation was conducted to help weak academic English learners in a public high school in Colombia, as they seemed to be facing a learning specific difficulty called dyslexia. A focus group of ten students from ninth and tenth grade was the beneficiaries of the design, implementation, and assessment of five multisensory activities to help…
Descriptors: Multisensory Learning, Learning Problems, Dyslexia, English (Second Language)
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Hamilton, Harley – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2016
This article describes a multisensory presentation and response system for enhancing the spelling ability of dyslexic children. The unique aspect of MAGICSpell is its system of finger-letter associations and simplified keyboard configuration. Sixteen 10- and 11-year-old dyslexic students practiced the finger-letter associations via various typing…
Descriptors: Spelling Instruction, Multisensory Learning, Teaching Methods, Dyslexia
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
"Orton-Gillingham" is a broad, multisensory approach to teaching reading and spelling that can be modified for individual or group instruction at all reading levels. Teaching sessions are action oriented with auditory, visual, and kinesthetic elements reinforcing one another. The approach targets persons with the kinds of language…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Evidence, Standards, Multisensory Learning
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Guyer, Barbara Priddy; And Others – Annals of Dyslexia, 1993
Thirty college students with dyslexia who participated in spelling remediation using a modified Orton-Gillingham approach called the Wilson Reading System significantly improved in spelling performance, compared to a group receiving nonphonetic remediation and a control group. Results indicate that adulthood is not too late for appropriate…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, College Students, Dyslexia, Higher Education
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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