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Kjeldsen, Ann-Christina; Educ, Lic; Saarento-Zaprudin, Silja K.; Niemi, Pekka O. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
Training in phonological awareness has brought about well-documented positive effects on learning to read in lower-primary grades. Less is known about long-term gains extending to upper-primary and junior high school. The few longitudinal studies covering at least 5 years suggest that gains in decoding are sustained, whereas effects on reading…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Elementary School Students, Junior High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Maki, Hanna S.; Vauras, Marja M. S.; Vainio, Seppo – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
A case study with two Finnish 10-year-old boys evaluated an intervention designed to promote the spelling skills of students with severe writing difficulties. The intervention comprised strategy instruction, procedural facilitation, and computer-assisted tutoring. Participants showed gains in spelling accuracy, spelling revision skills, decoding…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education