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Marcia K. Henry
Researcher at San Jose State University
Publications - 9
Citations - 309
Marcia K. Henry is an academic researcher from San Jose State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reading (process) & Spelling. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 307 citations.
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Morphological structure: Latin and Greek roots and affixes as upper grade code strategies
TL;DR: This article reviewed literature providing a rationale for decoding and spelling instruction and described a curriculum and instructional plan to decode and spell multisyllabic words found often in literature and content area texts.
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Beyond phonics: Integrated decoding and spelling instruction based on word origin and structure
TL;DR: This instruction leads students to a comparison and contrast of letter-sound correspondences, syllable patterns, and morpheme patterns in English words of Anglo-Saxon, Romance, and Greek origin.
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Children's word structure knowledge: Implications for decoding and spelling instruction
TL;DR: In this paper, the relevance of word structure knowledge to decoding and spelling instruction and performance is discussed, and it was anticipated that explicit, discussion oriented, and direct decoding instruction based on word origin and structure would result in improved reading and spelling performance.
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Structured, sequential, multisensory teaching: The Orton legacy
TL;DR: This paper provided a selective biography of Samuel T. Orton, discusses his educational ideas and how they came to be, and considers how current educational research validates much of Orton's early thinking.
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Myths and Realities about Words and Literacy
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of teaching phonological awareness and decoding in beginning reading and of teaching syllable learning is examined and debunked, and six myths about beginning and developing reading instruction are examined and debunked.