Riding the Pendulum: A Rejoinder to Schickedanz and McGee and Lomax.

Stahl, Steven A.

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ERIC Number: EJ414302

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Riding the Pendulum: A Rejoinder to Schickedanz and McGee and Lomax.

Stahl, Steven A.

Review of Educational Research, v60 n1 p141-51 Spr 1990

The effectiveness of whole language/language experience programs versus basal reader approaches is considered. The politicization of whole language teaching and the use of the nonbasal approaches in kindergarten versus first grade are the focal themes. (TJH)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Language Experience Approach, Politics of Education, Primary Education, Program Evaluation, Research Methodology, Whole Language Approach

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Responds to "The Jury Is Still Out on the Effects of Whole Language and Language Experience Approaches for Beginning Reading: A Critique of Stahl and Miller's Study" by J. A. Schickedanz (see TM 515 270) and "On Combining Apples and Oranges: A Response to Stahl and Miller" by L. M. McGee and R. G. Lomax (see TM 515 271).