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Peer reviewedLane, Alaine – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1974
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Exceptional Child Research, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedRampp, Donald L.; Covington, Jan R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1972
Reported was a study of the effectiveness of a 40 week reading program using the Initial Teaching Alphabet with 10 male students (8 to 12 years of age) who exhibited auditory perceptual disturbances. (GW)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Research, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Downing, John – Literacy Discussion, 1972
In assessing the effectiveness of the initial teaching alphabet, a survey included the professional opinions of British teachers who have used i.t.a. and a searching critical analysis of the published experimental research on i.t.a. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Learning Disabilities, Phonetics
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading World, 1979
Suggests that the initial teaching alphabet has been demonstrated to be an effective tool in teaching reading to bilingual students and to students with reading and cognitive disabilities. (TJ)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Download full textDunn, Lloyd M.; Mueller, Max W. – 1966
The purpose of this study was to investigate, with underprivileged first-grade children, the efficacy of the Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) in teaching beginning reading and of the Peabody Language Development Kit (PLDK) in stimulating oral language and verbal intelligence. From 17 classes in nine schools, four groups, consisting of 100, 104,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research, Grade 1, Initial Teaching Alphabet
