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Auguste, Joanne A.; Nalven, Fredric B. – Res Teach Engl, 1969
Compares the effects of ITA and TO instruction; based on Auguste's master's thesis, Queens College, New York, n. d. (RD)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Creativity, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols
Moorehead, Caroline – Times (London) Educational Supplement, 1971
An assessment is made of the initial teaching alphabet method of teaching reading 10 years after its introduction. (DB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Reading Instruction
Download full textInitial Teaching Alphabet Foundation, Hempstead, NY. – 1971
The Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) was designed by Sir James Pitman as a reading teaching medium from which immediate and efficient transition may be made to the alphabet of regular English. Questions and answers covered in this booklet provide information concerning its history, effectiveness, methods of use, teaching areas, and relationship…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols
Peer reviewedMazurkiewicz, Albert J. – Reading World, 1975
Concludes that i.t.a taught first grade students demonstrate no negative achievements characteristics in reading, language arts factors, or spelling when compared to their T.O. counterparts in the 10th grade year on standardized tests of achievement. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Reading Achievement
Dewey, Godfrey – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Graphemes, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols
MAZURKIEWICZ, ALBERT J. – 1965
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO METHODS OF FIRST-GRADE BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION WERE INVESTIGATED. APPROXIMATELY 920 FIRST-GRADE CHILDREN WERE DIVIDED INTO 2 GROUPS WHICH RECEIVED 1 OF THE 2 METHODS. TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN VARIABLES ON READING ACHIEVEMENT, THE CHILDREN WERE MATCHED IN PAIRS. THE RESULTS WERE GATHERED FROM ONE GROUP…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Grade 1
Swalm, James E.; Gillooly, William B. – 1971
This study investigated (1) whether symbol-symbol correspondences are learned better when imbedded in whole words or when presented individually and (2) the effect of these two instructional methods on transfer from an experimental transitional writing system (TWS) to traditional orthography (TO). Thirty-five undergraduates were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Graphemes, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Learning
Peer reviewedFijalkow, Jacques – Journal of Research in Reading, 1980
Cites the case of Hebrew learning in Israel to show that, contrary to popular belief, the complexity of grapho-phonetic relationships is a minor or nonexistent factor in learning difficulties. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Hebrew, Initial Teaching Alphabet
FRY, EDWARD – 1967
THREE METHODS OF TEACHING READING, THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA), THE DIACRITICAL MARKING SYSTEM (DMS), AND THE TRADITIONAL ORTHOGRAPHY (TO) METHOD WERE COMPARED IN 21 FIRST GRADES FOR THE THIRD YEAR. A FOLLOWUP STUDY WAS MADE OF THE NEW DMS GROUP FOR A SECOND YEAR. TWO HUNDRED NINETY-NINE STUDENTS OF AN ORIGINAL SAMPLE OF 393 STUDENTS WERE…
Descriptors: Diacritical Marking, Grade 3, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Longitudinal Studies
Carner, Rebecca L. – 1971
This study determined the effectiveness of the Initial Teaching Alphabet and Traditional Orthography on first and second grade pupils of normal and superior intelligence. The experimental i.t.a. group contained 44 first graders and 37 second graders, and the control traditional orthography groups had 43 first graders and 48 second graders.…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols
LEWIS, EDWARD R. – 1964
BRITISH EXPERIMENTAL USAGE OF INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA) MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES FOR INSTRUCTION OF READING DISABILITY CASES WAS STUDIED TO DETERMINE IF ITA METHODS AND MATERIALS COULD BE SIMILARLY USED IN A SAN JOSE READING CLINIC. THE INVESTIGATOR MADE OBSERVATIONS IN ENGLAND OF QUALITY, FORMAT, CONCEPTS, AND USE OF LANGUAGE IN THE ITA…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
