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CPMs: A Kinesthetic Comprehension Strategy
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Block, Cathy Collins; Parris, Sheri R.; Whiteley, Cinnamon S. – Reading Teacher, 2008
This article discusses a study to determine whether primary grade students can learn comprehension processes via hand motions to portray these mental processes. Comprehension Process Motions (CPMs) were designed to provide students with a way to make abstract comprehension processes more consciously accessible and also to give teachers a way to…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Reading Comprehension, Motion, Psychomotor Objectives
Improving the Reading Comprehension of Children with Dysphonetic and Dyseidetic Dyslexia Using Story Grammar.
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Newby, Robert F.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The study provided 7 dysphonetic and dyseidetic dyslexic children (aged 8 to 10) with instruction in reading comprehension using a story grammar strategy and instructional approaches matching each dyslexia subtype. Statistically and clinically significant improvements were found in the proportion of qualitatively important story elements recalled…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Modalities
Speech Recognition-based and Automaticity Programs to Help Students with Severe Reading and Spelling Problems
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Higgins, Eleanor L.; Raskind, Marshall H. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2004
This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of two programs developed by the Frostig Center Research Department to improve the reading and spelling of students with learning disabilities (LD): a computer Speech Recognition-based Program (SRBP) and a computer and text-based Automaticity Program (AP). Twenty-eight LD students with reading…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement, Learning Disabilities