What Works for Children with Literacy Difficulties? - Digital ...
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14 Reading Intervention (<strong>for</strong>merly Cumbria Reading <strong>with</strong> Phonology Project)<br />
(3) For statemented children (subset of those in (2) above)<br />
Main reference: Hatcher (2000)<br />
Date: 1994-98<br />
Age-range: Y2–10<br />
Type of children in experimental groups: SEN – all statemented (MLD, children <strong>with</strong><br />
dyslexia)<br />
Nature and Ns of experimental and control groups:<br />
(1) Moderate Learning <strong>Difficulties</strong> (MLD) (IQ in range 55-75)<br />
N<br />
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(2) Controls <strong>for</strong> MLD (Cont1) 27<br />
(3) <strong>Children</strong> <strong>with</strong> dyslexia (DYS) 29<br />
(4) Controls <strong>for</strong> DYS (Cont2) 29<br />
Equivalence of groups: Each experimental child was matched (from a pool of 351) <strong>with</strong> a<br />
teacher-referred child <strong>with</strong> an equivalent score on four pooled literacy assessments and of<br />
same gender: also of similar age where possible<br />
N of alternative intervention group: (no alternative intervention group)<br />
Length of intervention in weeks: 12<br />
Tests: (reading) Burt, 1974 revision; (spelling) Schonell<br />
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