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Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy; Lapp, Diane – Journal of Education, 2023
The term "balanced literacy" was popularized in the mid-1990s to describe a middle ground in terms of text selection, instruction, skills, and strategies. The intention was to merge the promising elements of whole language and phonics. Interactions with educators and literacy leaders across the country currently suggest that a term that…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Literacy Education, Definitions
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Beerwinkle, Andrea L.; Owens, Julie; Hudson, Alida – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2021
This study examined the comprehension skills and strategies presented in current reading textbooks used within the United States as a means of describing a contributor to the ecological component of reading. The ways in which comprehension skills and strategies are distributed across genres as well as connected to the National Reading Panel…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Textbooks, Textbook Content