title: Further evidence of the effectiveness of phonological instruction with oral-deaf readers.
abstract: The effectiveness of phonological instruction with 6 deaf students in an oral program was investigated. In a previous investigation (Syverud, Guardino, & Selznick, 2009), promising results had been obtained in a case study in which the Direct Instruction curriculum titled Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (Engelmann, Haddox, & Bruner, 1983) was used with an oral-deaf child. Given these results, Syverud and Guardino were asked to replicate the procedures with additional struggling readers. A multiple case study design was implemented for a period of 10 weeks. Tests of nonsense words were administered to monitor weekly progress in phonological decoding. Intervention journals were completed for each tutoring session to provide qualitative information. Although the results were mixed, all 6 participants showed gains in phonological decoding skills. Suggestions for both practitioners and researchers are offered.
authors: Department of Exceptional Student and Deaf Education, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, USA.
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Guardino
authors: Susan M
authors: SM
authors: Syverud
authors: Amy
authors: A
authors: Joyner
authors: Heather
authors: H
authors: Nicols
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: King
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D032882:Comprehension; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment / Q000523:psychology; D003479:Curriculum; D004519:Education, Special / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010700:Phonetics; D011932:Reading; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors; D014705:Verbal Behavior