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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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