by Optima | Sep 23, 2019 | Research into Core Instructional Principles
Since the late 1970s there has been growing interest in the role of phonological awareness in the development of children’s reading. However, the precise nature of the phonological training required to improve reading is not entirely clear. This study therefore...
by Optima | Sep 23, 2019 | Research into Core Instructional Principles
This study was prompted by the debate over the most appropriate phonological unit to teach beginning readers. While developmental theories promote the role of large-units such as syllables and onset and rime, instructional theories advocate the use of small-units...
by Optima | Sep 23, 2019 | Research into Core Instructional Principles
This study examined the role of early reading instruction on the nonword reading strategies employed by beginning readers. Three groups of children given different styles of reading instruction were asked to read a list of nonwords presented (i) in isolation and (ii)...
by Optima | Sep 23, 2019 | Research into Core Instructional Principles
The benefit to memory of spacing presentations of material is well established but has rarely been applied in education. This study involved three experiments that examined the spacing effect and its application to education. Experiment 1 demonstrated that spacing...
by Optima | Sep 23, 2019 | Research into Core Instructional Principles
Just as children are able to understand words spoken orally with different accents, when they are reading they are able to understand words which are decoded correctly but may lead to an incorrect pronunciation. For example, if children are taught that the letter...
by Optima | Sep 23, 2019 | Research into Core Instructional Principles
A fiercely contested debate in teaching reading concerns the respective roles and merits of reading schemes and real books. Underpinning the controversy are different philosophies and beliefs about how children learn to read. However, to some extent debates have...
