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Download full textBarr, Ada M. – 1994
A study investigated whether whole language principles had "seeped" into secondary language arts teaching in Cass County, Michigan by surveying teachers' attitudes. A total of 14 of the 15 language arts teachers in the four secondary schools in the county returned completed surveys. Results indicated that the language arts teachers (1)…
Descriptors: High Schools, Language Arts, Reading Research, Teacher Attitudes
Brungardt, Susan – 1994
A study investigated the attitudes toward reading of third-grade students involved in a whole language program. The sample consisted of 71 students--48 students participated in the study group, and a control group consisted of 23 students. The independent variables were participation status, gender, socioeconomic status, race, qualification for…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education, Reading Attitudes
Barry, Martha H.; And Others – 1992
A study examined the reading approaches used by teachers and how accurately the teachers described the approaches to reading they purported to use. Subjects, 206 teachers in 19 elementary schools from 9 schools districts in a southeastern state, completed a questionnaire. Results indicated that (1) 68.75% of the teachers cited the basal as their…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Questionnaires, Reading Instruction
Botenhagen, Jennifer L. – 1995
A study examined strategies for embedding literacy skills within a whole language program. A questionnaire was given to full-time whole language elementary school teachers who taught in kindergarten through second-grade classrooms. All the participants teach in suburban school districts in the Bay Area including San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Primary Education, Questionnaires, Reading Materials
Roos, Marie C.; And Others – 1993
A study tested the usefulness of the Theoretical Orientation to Reading Profile (TORP) in terms of its accuracy in measuring preservice teachers' change in theoretical orientation to reading as a result of having taken a reading methods course. Subjects, 27 upper division elementary education majors (the experimental group) and 15 upper division…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Introductory Courses
Greer, Julia T. – 1994
A month-long study examined students' attitudes toward aspects of a specific reading workshop based on the whole language theory of instruction. Of the 23 students in a fifth-grade classroom, 11 became part of the experimental group who participated in the process which incorporated four primary aspects of language arts: reading, writing,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Brunner, Michael S. – 1993
A survey was undertaken to provide a profile of current reading programs in juvenile correctional facilities. Data were gathered to determine whether "illiterates" exist in the juvenile correctional facilities; if oral comprehension is better than reading comprehension; what approaches and strategies are used for teaching word…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Juvenile Justice, National Surveys, Phonics
Richmond, Mark G.; And Others – 1992
A study examined the degree to which teachers employ or perceive that they employ writing/reading strategies in their classrooms, and their perceptions regarding the degree to which their school system should support that effort. A pilot sample of 15 practicing teachers was drawn from a demonstration school in southwest Louisiana. Subjects, 71 K-8…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Research
Henry, Diane E. – 1994
A study implemented a self-assessment tool developed to better address the needs of students with low self-direction in an integrated kindergarten/first grade whole language classroom. The tool is an adaptation of the plan/do/review model of the High Scope curriculum for early childhood instruction. The teacher targets students with low…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Mixed Age Grouping, Primary Education
Casey, Jean M. – 1992
A study investigated the effectiveness of an adapted Writing to Read (WTR) program that focused on the writing process and included the "Stories and More" software for literature-based emphasis. Over 1000 writing portfolio samples were collected from kindergarten through second grade students in 29 classrooms in 6 California school…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Hunt, Geraldine – 1994
A program was designed to improve the reading skills of the second grade at-risk students in a suburban K-6 elementary school located northwest of Chicago, Illinois. The second grade at-risk students could not read fluently at the conclusion of the academic school year, and consequently did not exhibit strong reading comprehension skills. A…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Style, Grade 2, High Risk Students
Brand, Wendy – 1991
This practicum was designed to allow first graders the opportunity to read and write in a more natural and authentic manner than that permitted by using the basal reading series as the basis for reading instruction. The first grade reading program was transformed from a basal-oriented approach to a whole language approach. Through the use of…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Learning Activities
