To read with joy and understanding, to learn and grow through reading, to read critically and thoughtfully are the goals of all reading programs. The way different programs approach these goals are what distinguish one program from another. Reading Mastery incorporates perhaps the largest variety of instructional techniques of any commercially developed reading program available. Some programs ...

We examined the benefits of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) as a supplement to a phonics-based reading curriculum for kindergartners in an urban public school system. The CAI program provides systematic exercises in phonological awareness and letter–sound correspondences. Comparisons were made between children in classes receiving a sufficient amount of CAI support and children in matched c...

Abstract We examined the cognitive, language, and instructional predictors of early word-reading ability in a sample children with Williams syndrome longitudinally. At Time 1, sixty-nine 6–7-year-olds (mean age = 6.53 years) completed standardized measures phonological awareness, visual-spatial perception, vocabulary, overall intellectual ability. Word-reading instruction type was classified as...

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine whether phonological processing skill-based phonics intervention effective in improving awareness, decoding, and spelling adults with dyslexia. In addition, aimed ascertain detail the characteristics spelling, awareness Methods: participant was a 46-year-old adult female dyslexia, single subject experiment research method used. An program for ...