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Peer reviewedGroff, Patrick – Elementary School Journal, 1976
This article offers a short history of spelling reform and reviews current arguments pro and con. (SB)
Descriptors: Educational History, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Instructional Improvement, Orthographic Symbols
Peer reviewedAbiri, John O. O. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Instruction
Downing, J. – Brit J. Educ Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, English, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Linguistic Competence
Johnson, Jack – New Univ, 1969
Methods of teaching the alphabet to English speaking children are discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Transfer of Training, Verbal Learning
Dawson, Mildred A. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt2, 1968
Reviews the present status of the initial teaching alphabet, compares British and American research studies, notes strengths and weaknesses and suggests further areas of research. Includes a pro-reaction and a con-reaction paper. Bibliography. (WB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Instruction
Tudor-Hart, Beatrix – New University, 1970
Descriptors: Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness Tests, Teaching Methods
Direct linkNeuman, Susan B. – Early Childhood Today, 2006
One of the most important skills for children to develop in the kindergarten year is the recognition that letters and sounds are related. It is often called "the alphabetic principle"--the notion that speech sounds can be connected to letters in a predictable way. To grasp the alphabetic principle, children need to understand that: (1) letters…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Emergent Literacy, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Class Activities
Maslin, Pamela – Reading Improvement, 2007
Teaching students how to read is one of the most important tasks in elementary schools. The majority of schools use published basal programs to teach students to read. Several published reviews have indicated that past editions of basal readers did not align with appropriate instruction for beginning level readers. In this study I reviewed five of…
Descriptors: Readability, Phonics, Beginning Reading, Basal Reading
Lindsey, LaVerne B.; Vickery, Verna L. – School Media Quarterly, 1975
A brief history and futuristic projection of children's readers. (Author)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Publishing Industry
Mortensen, Erik – 1977
In order to provide comprehensive information about all known applications of and viewpoints on the Initial Teaching Alphabet, the Initial Teaching Alphabet Foundation has compiled a series of annotated bibliographies that were prepared by means of computer-based information searches and subsequent analysis of the data obtained. The data banks…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Information Retrieval, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedDowning, John – English in Australia, 1976
Analyzes the Bullock commission's view on the methodology of beginning reading instruction with special reference to i.t.a. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBlock, J. R. – Educational Research, 1972
There are many arguments for and against the use of i.t.a. to teach reading and writing. This article reviews 47 studies which measure the spelling of children taught by i.t.a. and t.o. (traditional orthography) in grades one, two, and three. (Editor)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Field Studies, Followup Studies, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Kresh, Esther – J Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: English, Grade 1, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols
Montague, Arleigh – J Typogr Res, 1970
Describes the process of designing the i.t.a. for Century Schoolbook, Baskerville, Melior, Helvetica, and Optima typefaces with illustrations of the new alphabets. (MB)
Descriptors: Initial Teaching Alphabet, Instructional Improvement, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading Teacher, 1976
Discusses the positive effects that can be gained from using the initial teaching alphabet in beginning reading instruction. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Primary Education
