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- A systematic
review of the research literature on the use of phonics
in the teaching of reading and spelling - this
review found that systematic phonics teaching is effective
but that evidence on which phonics approach is most
effective is inconclusive, by Carole Torgerson (DfES,
2006)
- Teaching
Reading - this Australian report for the National
Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy concludes that
direct systematic phonics instruction during the early
years of schooling is an essential foundation (December
2005)
- Teaching
Reading: Literature Review - this review outlines
the research underlying the full report (December
2005)
- Synthetic
phonics and the shift from oracy to literacy, lessons
from adult literacy research - an article by Tom
Sticht (2005)
- After the Literacy
Hour: May the best plan win! - this report promotes
synthetic phonics and calls for more extensive trialling
of reading strategies in England and Wales, by Tom
Burkard (CPS, March 2005)
- The effects
of synthetic phonics teaching on reading and spelling
attainment - this report outlines the 7-year progress
of primary school children taught synthetic phonics
in Clackmannanshire, by R. Johnston (Scottish Executive,
February 2005)
- Predicting
curriculum and test performance at age 7 - this
UK study shows that phonological awareness is best
performance predictor, by R. Savage (BJEP, June 2004)
- Sound sense:
The phonics element of the NLS- a report to the
DfES, by G. Brooks (July 2003)
- Systematic phonics
instruction - a report on the National Reading
Panel's meta-analysis of systematic phonics instruction,
by L.C. Ehri (March, 2003)
- Teaching phonics
in context - this paper provides a critical view
of phonics within the National Literacy Strategy,
by J. Solity (March, 2003)
- Accelerating
reading and spelling with synthetic phonics
- a report that describes the 5-year progress from
primary 1, by R. Johnston (Scottish Executive, March
2003)
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