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Grindle, Corinna F.; Cianfaglione, Rina; Corbel, Liz; Wormald, Emily V.; Brown, Freddy Jackson; Hastings, Richard P.; Hughes, J. Carl – Support for Learning, 2017
Children with intellectual disabilities often struggle with handwriting, but there is very little research to inform intervention approaches. In this study, we developed a teaching manual based on Handwriting Without TearsĀ®, a comprehensive handwriting programme designed for typically developing children. Three children with intellectual…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Teaching Methods, Handwriting, Intervention
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Montgomery, Diane – Support for Learning, 2017
Research has shown that dyslexics have an inability to establish sound-symbol correspondence, phonological awareness and alphabetic knowledge by the normal teaching methods used in schools. In new research with Reception year children, ages 4 and 5 years, it was found that 90 per cent on entry to 8 Reception classes had not established sound to…
Descriptors: Identification, Dyslexia, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Teaching Methods
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Takala, Marjatta – Support for Learning, 2013
This article discusses a teaching method called reading through writing (RtW), based on the use of computers rather than handwriting. The pupils use the computers in pairs and decide themselves what they will write about. The use of this method is studied via a questionnaire to 22 teachers and via seven Master's and two Bachelor's theses,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Students, Teaching Methods, Reading