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Interventions for Dyslexia in Brazil: A Scoping Review Discussed within the Perspective of International Best Practice
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Signor, Rita; Claessen, Mary; Leitão, Suze – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2020
Reading success has a significant impact on social, academic and vocational engagement. While there have been many advances in Brazilian educational policy, and a reduction in rates of absolute illiteracy, low levels of literacy continue to be a significant area of concern. We aimed to scope the literature to identify the types of intervention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Intervention, Phonological Awareness
First-Grade Reading Instruction and Modality Preference.
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Miller, Etta – Elementary School Journal, 1979
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Learning Modalities
The Cloze Procedure.
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Ellington, Billie J. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1981
The cloze procedure is a method of systematically deleting words in a selection of reading material and evaluating the success of the reader in accurately supplying the deleted words. One three-phase procedure for implementing cloze includes: presentation and preparation, preview and completion, and follow-up. Other suggestions for using the cloze…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Language Skills
Fixations, Memory, and Implications for Classroom Reading Instruction.
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Sinatra, Richard – 1978
Designed to assist educators in making a more knowledgeable selection of reading methods and techniques, this paper integrates the findings of eye processing research with classroom reading practices. Following a review of eye movement and visual processing research, the paper presents a discussion of research on the process by which a reader…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements, Eye Voice Span
Reading Problems of Children: The Perspectives of Reading Specialists.
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Poostay, Edward; Aaron, Ira E. – School Psychology Review, 1982
From the perspective of reading specialists, factors contributing to reading difficulties include visual and auditory limitations, instructional and environmental problems, and emotional difficulties. A hierarchy of word recognition skills is presented. The usefulness of diagnosing children learning disabled or dyslexic is examined in the context…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Dyslexia, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities
Reading Readiness for Mainstreamed Exceptional Children in Early Childhood Education.
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Buttery, Thomas J. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Discusses five factors that may influence the reading readiness of mainstreamed children: visual and auditory capabilities, motor development, spatial concepts, vocabulary development, and social and emotional status. Offers suggestions for use in facilitating a mainstreamed child's reading development. (FL)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Essential Prerequisites for Beginning Reading Instruction: An Historical Review.
Smith, Elizabeth A. – 1986
In the 1920s and 1930s, interpretations of reading readiness held that learning to read occurred at a specific point in cognitive development. Postponement of reading instruction until a child reached this stage of maturity was widely accepted at that time, and throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The 1960s marked a transition period in terms of…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages