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Modality Aptitude and Word Recognition
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Vandever, Thomas R.; Neville, Donald D. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of matching modality aptitudes to classroom-based reading instruction. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 2, Learning Modalities, Reading Instruction
Effects of Picture Fading on Two Learning Disabled Students' Sight Word Acquisition.
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Knowlton, H. Earle – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980
Picture fading methods previously demonstrated to be effective with moderately and severely retarded individuals were used to teach 12 sight words to two learning disabled students (ages 8 and 10). (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Modalities, Resource Room Programs
The Significance of Learning Modalities, Modes of Instruction, and Verbal Feedback for Learning to Recognize Written Words.
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Meyers, Marcee J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980
The study investigated the effects of modality preference, mode of instruction, and verbal feedback on immediate and delayed recall of new words in 72 elementary age learning disabled students. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Feedback, Learning Disabilities, Learning Modalities
The Differential Effects of Visual and Auditory Information in Determining Meanings of Derived Words at Third and Fifth Grade Levels.
La Sorte, Diane M. – 1980
A study was conducted to investigate the ability of children to determine meanings of derived words that have undergone a pronunciation shift while retaining a close orthographic relationship to their base words. A researcher-designed test was constructed using derived words that had their base word included in a "core list" of words at or below…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Language Patterns, Learning Modalities
Multisensory Speech Perception by Profoundly Hearing-Impaired Children.
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Lynch, Michael P.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1989
Eight profoundly hearing-impaired children, aged 5-11, received tactual word recognition training with tactual speech perception aids. Following training, subjects were tested on trained words and new words. Performance was significantly better on both sets of words when words were presented with a combined condition of tactual aid and aided…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Deafness, Elementary Education, Intermode Differences
Story Comprehension as a Function of Modality and Reading Ability.
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Marlowe, Wendy; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
In a study 12 normal children and 12 reading disabled (word recognition difficulties) children (mean age 9.2 years) were compared for reading and listening comprehension to test whether disabled readers, given an auditory presentation, would show comprehension of material comparable to that of normal readers given visual presentation. (PHR)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Myths of Reading Instruction. Revised Edition.
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Groff, Patrick – 1985
Intended to help dispel several unsupported "myths" about reading instruction, this book analyzes a selected group of teaching practices that have been supported by reading experts but not by research findings. The "myths" discussed in the first 12 chapters of the book are as follows: (1) phonics hinders comprehension; (2) unpredictable spelling…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Dictionaries, Educational Theories, Elementary Education