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Computer-Based Phonological Skills Training for Primary Students with Mild to Moderate Dyslexia--A Pilot Study
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Blythe, John M. – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2006
This pilot study investigated the efficacy of "Phonics Alive 2: The Sound Blender", a computer-based phonological skills training program, delivered with both at-home and at-school components over a 10-week period, as a potential treatment of phonological dyslexia. Participants were 20 dyslexic primary students with an average delay of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Dyslexia, Interaction, Decoding (Reading)
An Evaluation of Schoolwide Early Language and Literacy (SWELL) in Six Disadvantaged Schools.
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Center, Yola; Freeman, Louella; Robertson, Gregory – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1998
An evaluation of Schoolwide Early Language and Literacy (SWELL) was undertaken in New South Wales, Australia, using a sample of 366 disadvantaged kindergarten students. Participants outperformed controls on pseudo-word decoding and reading connected text at the end of kindergarten, and on invented spelling and reading measures midway through first…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries