Jan 06 2025 57 mins 5
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Meta on Morphology! What Should We Do?
with Dr. Danielle Colenbrander
The Effects of Morphological Instruction on Literacy Outcomes for Children in English-Speaking Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
META-ANALYSIS
Open access
Published: 10 October 2024
Volume 36, article number 119, (2024)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-024-09953-3
Danielle Colenbrander, Alexa von Hagen, Saskia Kohnen, Signy Wegener, Katherine Ko, Elisabeth Beyersmann, Ali Behzadnia, Rauno Parrila & Anne Castles
Danielle Colenbrander Bio:
Dr Danielle Colenbrander
Lecturer
The Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy
https://www.acu.edu.au/research-and-enterprise/our-people/danielle-colenbrander
Findings do support the inclusion of morphology instruction in programs of reading and spelling instruction.
Morphology instruction was combined with other elements such as vocabulary instruction, reading practice, or spelling practice. The effects of multi-component approaches may be more than the sum of their parts.
Useful resources:
• Etymonline (online etymological dictionary): https://www.etymonline.com/
• Morpheme mapper (breaks words down into their morphemes – does not work for all words though): https://phonicsandstuff.com/morpheme-mapper
• Word Connections program for students in Grade 3 and above with reading difficulties:https://www.jessicatoste.com/wordconnections?fbclid=IwAR1F2D4aPDxgKEbPRfMa4-bnKbZO3bUhc_DhLjLDlNBCBpmZ09PO3XW4-JM
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