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Direct linkMurphy, Jean C. – Educational Forum, The, 2004
The Language Vocabulary Acquisition (LVA) Approach is a revolutionary method of reading instruction for emergent and developing readers. It is an intense reading program with high levels of student participation, engagement, and interaction with print text, that yields high outcomes in phonological awareness, reading and writing fluency, and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, African Americans
Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 1983
Old Order Amish are readily distinguishable from others in society by their dissociation from "modern" convenience and dress. Students in an Old Order Amish school in Iowa receive instruction in language arts from a secular basal language arts workbook, and a basal reader containing biblical stories. Comprehension of content is evaluated…
Descriptors: Amish, Basic Skills, Cultural Traits, Elementary Education
