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Phonics
Durkin's Dilemma
Alphabet Method
Literacy Historian
100
This spelling method of teaching and learning spelling ws referred to as a cumulative syllbification
What is Aby-sel-pha (a by itself)
100
In the 17th and 18th centuries, pronouncing this was of utmost improtance
What is the SOUND of the letter?
100
In addition to "assigner" and "assignment checker," these are 2 other terms Durkin used to describe the observed role of the teacher
What is Mentioner? Giver? Interrogator?
100
This instructional material was used in Colonial times for teaching the alphabet method
What is the hornbook?
100
He is known for his development of several spellers as well as a dictionary
Who is Noah Webster?
200
A consonant following a short vowel does this
What is "closes" the syllable?
200
Teaching phonics was closely aligned to teaching this subject in Colonial times
What is spelling?
200
Durkin never saw comprehension instruction when this subject was taught
What is social studies?
200
This was the ultimate goal of learning the alphabet method
What is fluent oral reading?
200
In 1826, he wrote "...the most innovative text in the history of American readers."
Who is Samuel Worcester (Primer of English Language)?
300
This event was considered lucky timing for Webster's revised spellings in the dictionary
What is the Revolutionary War?
300
Phonics influenced him to create the reformed alphabet and this system
What is Pitman's ITA (initial teaching alphabet)?
300
Instruction, review, Application and Practice were 4 categories Durkin attributed to this
What is the basal reader TE?
300
These "books" were more secular versions of the hornbook.
What are battledores?
300
She was the first woman to produce a series of instructional readers
Who is Sarah Griffin?
400
This group, interested in speech and pronunciation, looked at spelling from the view of letter-sound correspondence
Who are orthoepists?
400
This term refers to part-to-whole phonics application
What is synthetic phonics?
400
Durkin found that manuals offered precise help at this time
What is "when it is least needed?"
400
This step usually followed learning letter names
What is spelling syllables?
400
In addition to Thorndike, these 2 men had a strong influence on scientific investigations into reading.
Who are Gates and Gray?
500
Irregular spellings of words such as island (originally iegland) were often caused from the use of this strategy
What is analogy(to other languages/spellings)?
500
Beginning in the late 1880s, this component of phonics was no longer included in instructional texts
What are diacritical markings?
500
Teachers spent 10 times more doing this than explicitly teaching comprehension
What is assessment of comprehension?
500
This type of book advocated the alphabet method and was considered essential to one's spiritual existence
What is the primer?
500
One of two European educational reformers who influenced Americans to stress the importance of meaning over individual word accessing
Who are Rousseau and Pestalozzi?