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Teaching Spelling to Students with Learning Disabilities: A Comparison of Rule-Based Strategies versus Traditional Instruction
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Darch, Craig; Eaves, Ronald C.; Crowe, D. Alan; Simmons, Kate; Conniff, Alexandra – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2006
This study compared two instructional methods for teaching spelling to elementary students with learning disabilities (LD). Forty-two elementary students with LD were randomly assigned to one of two instructional groups to teach spelling words: (a) a rule-based strategy group that focused on teaching students spelling rules (based on the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Standardized Tests, Spelling, Learning Disabilities
Language-based Spelling Instruction: Teaching Children To Make Multiple Connections between Spoken and Written Words.
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Berninger, Virginia W.; Vaughan, Katherine; Abbott, Robert D.; Brooks, Allison; Begay, Kristin; Curtin, Gerald; Byrd, Kristina; Graham, Steve – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2000
Two studies compared the effectiveness of alphabet principle training only versus combined alphabet principle and syllable awareness training with at-risk spellers (grades 2 and 3). Differing results suggest use of a two-tier early intervention model in which first the alphabet principle is taught and applied and then the following year children…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Early Intervention, Learning Problems, Primary Education
Effectiveness of Visual Imagery versus Rule-Based Strategies in Teaching Spelling to Learning Disabled Students.
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Darch, Craig; Simpson, Robert G. – Research in Rural Education, 1990
Among 28 upper elementary learning-disabled students in a summer remedial program, those that were taught spelling with explicit rule-based strategies out-performed students presented with a visual imagery mnemonic on unit tests, a posttest, and a standardized spelling test. Contains 20 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Teaching Spelling and Composition Alone and Together: Implications for the Simple View of Writing.
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Berninger, Virginia W.; Vaughan, Katherine; Abbott, Robert D.; Begay, Kristin; Coleman, Kristina Byrd; Curtain, Gerald; Hawkins, Jill Minich; Graham, Steve – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
Third graders with low compositional fluency were randomly assigned to four time-equated treatments in an instructional experiment: spelling, composing, combined spelling plus composing, and treated control. All treatments increased compositional fluency. Results are related to the simple view of writing that integrates diverse theoretical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Childrens Writing, Elementary Education, Grade 3