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The Effects Of A Holistic-Graphophonic Intervention On The Decoding Performance Of Children With Reading Disabilities, E. Judith Krisman Cohen
The Effects Of A Holistic-Graphophonic Intervention On The Decoding Performance Of Children With Reading Disabilities, E. Judith Krisman Cohen
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an intervention combining holistic and graphophonic methods on the decoding performance of children with reading disabilities. The impact of this synthesis of teaching methods was evaluated by examining five students' abilities to decode a set of training words using three common vowel patterns. Words containing these magic e, double vowel, and closed vowel patterns were presented in isolation and in context. Additional sets of novel words and nonsense words using the same vowel patterns were used to evaluate generalization.
The study incorporated single-subject experimental research methods, using a multiple …
The Effects Of Social Skills Training On The Writing Skills Of Middle School Students With Learning Disabilities, Margaret Fahringer
The Effects Of Social Skills Training On The Writing Skills Of Middle School Students With Learning Disabilities, Margaret Fahringer
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of the study was to determine if training in social skills in a classroom setting would lead to greater achievement in writing. Fifty-seven children in grades six through eight (ages 11-14) from a predominantly middle-class school in a largely urban school district in South Florida participated in this study. Participation in the study was limited to students who had been evaluated, met diagnostic criteria for learning disabilities and were placed in a learning disabilities language arts class.
Seven dependent variables were measured to evaluate the effects of social skills training (independent variable) on the writing skills of children …