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Groff, Patrick – Reading Horizons, 1975
Argues that proponents of the sight method must reevaluate some of their advice to teachers in light of recent research. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Sight Method
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Groff, Patrick – Reading, 1974
Concludes that the sight method of teaching reading is discredited by recent research findings. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Literature Reviews, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
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Groff, Patrick – Elementary School Journal, 1977
Shows two major handicaps in the anti-phonics movement which suggest that the future of the movement is doubtful: (1) the demonstrable weakness in both the theory and method of anti-phonics; (2) the increasing confidence that publishes and editors of widely used basal readers are placing in phonics. (BF/JH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Groff, Patrick – 1985
Intended to help dispel several unsupported "myths" about reading instruction, this book analyzes a selected group of teaching practices that have been supported by reading experts but not by research findings. The "myths" discussed in the first 12 chapters of the book are as follows: (1) phonics hinders comprehension; (2) unpredictable spelling…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Dictionaries, Educational Theories, Elementary Education
Groff, Patrick – 1987
Intended for reading teachers and teacher educators, this book provides an analysis of 12 fallacious beliefs thought to be responsible for the perpetuation of ineffective and inappropriate approaches to reading instruction. The introduction looks at the dangers of the myths that underlie reading instruction, discusses how the myths arise out of an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Decoding (Reading), Educational Change, Educational History