Design studies indicated metalinguistic information about how English spelling and pronunciation work helped adult learners remember and apply what they learned¶
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q1 i? Adults were interested in understanding how English spelling and pronunciation work, and such metalinguistic information seemed to help them remember and apply what they learned. → Alamprese 2011
Evidence¶
Alamprese 2011¶
Alamprese, J. A., MacArthur, C. A., Price, C., & Knight, D. (2011). Effects of a Structured Decoding Curriculum on Adult Literacy Learners' Reading Development. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. https://doi.org/10.1080/19345747.2011.555294
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Conclusion from design studies conducted in ABE classes that informed the curriculum's inclusion of explicit information about phonology, orthography, morphology, and etymology; the article reports this as a qualitative design-study conclusion, not a tested comparison.
"One conclusion from the design studies was that adults were interested in understanding how English spelling and pronunciation work and that such metalinguistic information seemed to help them remember and apply what they learned."
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Design studies indicated metalinguistic information about how English spelling and pronunciation work helped adult learners remember and apply what they learned |
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Design studies indicated metalinguistic information about how English spelling and pronunciation work helped adult learners remember and apply what they learned |
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