Sight word and phonics training in children with poor reading

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Reading impairment; Dyslexia; Poor reading; Mental Health - Learning disabilities; Other - Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614001111662
• Lead Sponsor: Macquarie University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-10-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

Children who have (1) English as their first language, (2) no problems with attention, hearing, sight, or behaviour, and (3) poor reading for their age (i.e., their ability to read nonwords or irregular words - as measured by the Castles and Coltheart 2 Reading Test - was below the average range (a z scores lower than -1) for their age).

Exclusion Criteria

Poor attention, poor hearing, poor visual acuity, severe developmental delay

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Castles and Coltheart 2 Nonword Reading Test[At Time 1, Time 2 (after 8 weeks of no treatment; baseline control), Time 3 (after 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training), and at Time 4 (after a further 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training).];Castles and Coltheart 2 Irregular-word Reading test[At Time 1, Time 2 (after 8 weeks of no treatment; baseline control), Time 3 (after 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training), and at Time 4 (after a further 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training).];The Test of Everyday Reading Comprehension (TERC)[At Time 1, Time 2 (after 8 weeks of no treatment; baseline control), Time 3 (after 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training), and at Time 4 (after a further 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training).]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE) Sight Word Efficiency and TOWRE Phonetic Decoding Efficiency[At Time 1, Time 2 (after 8 weeks of no treatment; baseline control), Time 3 (after 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training), and at Time 4 (after a further 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training).];Diagnostic Spelling Test for Nonwords (DiSTn)[At Time 1, Time 2 (after 8 weeks of no treatment; baseline control), Time 3 (after 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training), and at Time 4 (after a further 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training).];Diagnostic Spelling Test for Irregular Words (DiSTi)[At Time 1, Time 2 (after 8 weeks of no treatment; baseline control), Time 3 (after 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training), and at Time 4 (after a further 8 weeks of phonics training or sight word training).]