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Download full textReed, Deborah K. – Center on Instruction, 2012
This resource is a compilation of three documents that support the teaching of spelling in today's schools: a discussion of "Why Spelling Instruction Matters", a checklist for evaluating a spelling program, and tables of Common Core State Standards that are linked to spelling instruction. "Why Spelling Instruction Matters"…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Spelling, State Standards, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Reading World, 1978
Describes the development of the Revised Dolch List and the advantages of the newer list over the older one. The Revised Dolch List is included in the article. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Vocabulary, Word Lists
Peer reviewedLowe, A. J.; Follman, John – Reading Teacher, 1974
Documents the high degree of similarity between basic word lists derived from a variety of word lists and the Dolch list. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills
Johns, Jerry L. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of words that the Dolch list and the word list for the 1970's accounted for in written materials. The two word lists were compared by token comparison--a method by which words are weighted on the basis of frequency of occurrence within a given set of materials. The written materials used…
Descriptors: Readability, Reading, Reading Level, Reading Research
Peer reviewedMangieri, John N. – Reading World, 1978
Analyzes four basal reading series to ascertain current usage of the words on the Dolch List. Reports that the listed words continue to be widely used and that the list remains a potent force in elementary school reading programs. (TJ)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Sight Vocabulary
Peer reviewedMcCabe, Don – Reading Teacher, 1978
Over three quarters of the Dolch basic words may be taught by a word family approach. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Patterns, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Illinois School Research and Development, 1981
After examining how Dolch developed his list of 220 basic sight words and identifying major criticisms of this list, the author reports two studies undertaken to revise the Dolch list. Five advantages of the revised Dolch list over the original are identified and discussed. The revised list is included. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Material Development
Peer reviewedMangieri, John N.; Kahn, Michael S. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Reading Research, Sight Vocabulary, Textbook Research
Johns, Jerry L. – 1976
After a brief historical review of the development of basic reading materials and controlled vocabularies, a study to determine the percentage of Dolch words in four recently published basal reader programs is reported. The percentages provided help in determining whether the Dolch list is still viable. Results revealed that words on the Dolch…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L.; And Others – Elementary School Journal, 1977
Examines the original validity of the 220-word Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary, compiled in 1936, and considers whether it accounts for a large percentage of words in current reading usage. (BF)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Basic Vocabulary, Elementary Education, Sight Vocabulary
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Reading Horizons, 1976
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Reading World, 1976
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Reading Research
Froese, Victor – 1974
The purpose of this study was to compare student's tested recognition of the Dolch 220 words with their responses to the 220 highest frequency words found by Kucera and Francis in their "Computational Analysis of Present-Day American English." Subjects consisted of 155 second graders and 179 third graders from classrooms in four schools…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 3, Reading, Reading Research
McCabe, Don – 1976
This booklet discusses a procedure to assist students experiencing difficulty in learning the "Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary of 220 Words" and rearranges a list of 220 words to make it easier for students to learn. The procedure discussed in the booklet is based on the "word family" approach, in which words like "all call,…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Elementary Education, Sight Method, Sight Vocabulary
Johns, Jerry L.; And Others – 1974
This study replicated and validated the Dolch basic sight vocabulary investigation. Dolch's method of compiling his list of 95 nouns was also replicated. Some discrepancies were found between the replication study and Dolch's investigations--a few words were left off the lists, although they apparently met all the criteria for inclusion, and a…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Readability, Reading
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