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Winn, Tiffany; Miller, Julia; van Steenbrugge, Willem – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
This paper addresses a gap in research regarding the efficacy of software programs to help children with reading difficulties. Forty-two children aged 5-13 years identified as poor readers participated in a study over twelve weeks using ReadingDoctor, a software program targeting phonemic awareness, orthographic-phonemic mappings, decoding ability…
Descriptors: Phonemic Awareness, Phonological Awareness, Decoding (Reading), Word Recognition
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Rupley, William H.; Paige, David D.; Rasinski, Timothy V.; Slough, Scott W. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
Pavio's Dual-Coding Theory (1991) and Mayer's Multimedia Principal (2000) form the foundation for proposing a multi-coding theory centered around Multi-Touch Tablets and the newest generation of e-textbooks to scaffold struggling readers in reading and learning from science textbooks. Using E. O. Wilson's "Life on Earth: An Introduction"…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Electronic Publishing, Reading Difficulties, Handheld Devices
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Giess, SallyAnn; Rivers, Kenyatta O.; Kennedy, Kelly; Lombardino, Linda J. – International Journal of Special Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of an Orton-Gillingham-based reading instruction system, the Barton Reading and Spelling System (BRSS; Barton 2000), that was used as a supplemental reading instruction program for increasing the lower-level reading skills of a group of adolescents with persistent reading problems. Nine…
Descriptors: Phonics, Word Recognition, Spelling, Reading Difficulties
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Hazoury, Katia H.; Oweini, Ahmad A.; Bahous, Rima – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2009
This paper proposes a technique for teaching decoding of the Arabic language to Arab dyslexic students following the multisensory, systematic, explicit phonics approach and based in part on the Orton-Gillingham approach. This technique emphasizes vocabulary controlled, font-modified, cumulative, color-coded reading materials, and orthographic…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Reading Materials, Phonics, Dyslexia
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Tierney, Robert J.; And Others – Teacher Education and Practice, 1987
Word identification, multisensory, and comprehension instructional strategies are described for teaching students with reading difficulties. These include the analytic method, synthetic word families, syllabaries, Goodman's Reading Strategy Lessons, Fernald Technique, Cooper Method, Modality Blocking Procedure, Gillingham-Stillman Method,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Multisensory Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties