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The Effects of the Davis Symbol Mastery System to Assist a Fourth Grader with Dyslexia in Spelling: A Case Report
Gianna Amsberry
Thomas McLaughlin
K. Mark Derby
Teresa Waco
Journal on Educational Psychology
2230 – 7141
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Davis Symbol Mastery, Learning Disabilities, Spelling, Classroom Research, Multiple Baseline Design
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of using the Davis Symbol Mastery Procedure for Words (Davis, 1994) for improving spelling skills. The participant was a fourth-grade male diagnosed with a significant learning disability. The intervention consisted of having the participant write each word, its definition, the word in a sentence for context, creating a pictorial representation of the word, and then forming the word from clay. The results demonstrated that the Davis Symbol Mastery Procedure was successful. The procedure was cost effective and required little training to implement. Possible additional classroom suggestions for using the Davis Symbol Mastery procedure were made.
August - October 2012
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