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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
Ingebo, George – 1973
The purpose of this project was to test the effectiveness of i.t.a. in teaching reading to first grade students in the Portland Public Schools. Some of the elements of the experimental design included the following: one experimental--i.t.a.--and one control--traditional orthography (TO)--class was formed in each of ten schools; teachers and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Mathematics
