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Downing, John – Exceptional Child, 1978
The review surveys published and unpublished reports of the use of the Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) with several types of sensory handicaps. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Instructional Materials, Literature Reviews
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
Download full textGENOVESE, SYLVIA; AND OTHERS – 1967
AN EVALUATION OF THE I/T/A READING PROGRAM AT THE LAKEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM EFFECTS OF I/T/A INSTRUCTION IN READING AND VARIOUS AREAS OF LANGUAGE ARTS. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 93 PUPILS WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF I/T/A INSTRUCTION GIVEN. ONE GROUP HAD 1 1/2…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Language Arts, Primary Education
Tanyzer, Harold J.; And Others – 1968
The purpose of this study was to investigate the longitudinal effects of i/t/a and T.O. instruction on students' reading, spelling, and language abilities at the end of third grade. It was primarily concerned with determining whether the effects of early reading instruction, which were not statistically evident at the end of second grade, became…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 3, Initial Teaching Alphabet
