The researchers found measurable
growth in phonological awareness and understanding the connections between speech and printed letters for the group using the Learn with Homer app, compared with the group using the art and activity app.
Typical symptoms of dyslexia include
difficulties in phonological awareness (the ability to distinguish sounds in words including syllables); verbal memory (remembering the words you hear, for example when listening to a teacher in class); and verbal processing speed (how quickly you recognise words and access them from your long - term memory).
In their one - year study of first graders, the authors found that multisensory teaching techniques that combined all three learning modalities — auditory, visual, and kinesthetic, first - grade students made significant
gains in phonological awareness, decoding, and reading comprehension.
At the very least, the supposedly constant 75 % of the program is necessary, although apparently not sufficient, for strong
growth in phonological awareness and word pronunciation.
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Deficits in phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, verbal working memory and letter knowledge have been shown to be robust precursors of dyslexia in children as young as age three» (Gaab, 2017).
This program is designed for developing or struggling readers with difficulties with sight words and
in phonological awareness and phonics skills.
(Systematic Instruction
in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words) is a multi-level supplemental program that supports literacy development in grades K - 12.
An early efficacy study was conducted with 7 children across 3 classrooms showing meaningful gains
in phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge.