Learning sound/symbol correspondences: Transfer effects of pattern detection and phonics instruction
✍ Scribed by Lynn M. Gelzheiser
- Book ID
- 102684840
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 763 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0888-4080
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✦ Synopsis
This study tested predictions derived from and regarding the effects of different forms of reading instruction on a test of 'far generalization', where students were asked read nonsense words containing untaught sound/symbol correspondences. Two instructional methods were compared, pattern detection training and a synthetic phonics lesson which taught the specific correspondences used on a first post-test. A control group received no treatment. The transfer effects of pattern detection training were demonstrated on a first post-test and with a measure of correspondence induction at the end of testing. A first and second post-test revealed that specific correspondence training increased decoding scores but did not transfer to novel correspondences. On a second post-test, pattern detection and specific correspondence groups did not differ in decoding score; apparently the induction skill of the pattern detection group was balanced by the knowledge base of the specific correspondence group. It is concluded that pattern detection training more readily fosters those abilities that allow students to independently induce sound/symbol correspondences than the traditional approach of direct teaching of specific correspondences.