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Rastall, Peter – Reading Improvement, 1993
Describes a phonetic spelling scheme called "Rational Spelling" that is claimed to be easy to learn and use and that could be used to encourage students to read and write freely at an early age. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Spelling, Spelling Instruction
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Turner, Nancy D.; Traxler, Maryann – Reading Improvement, 1995
Contends that the ability and openness to make informed decisions about future classroom reading programs increases with preservice teachers' personal immersion in a whole language environment. Describes strategies used in reading methods courses that allow students to experience what they may be expected to implement as teachers. (RS)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Methods Courses
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Ediger, Marlow – Reading Improvement, 1997
Discusses the author's varied experiences in teaching reading, including teaching seventh grade pupils in the West Bank of Jordan, taking graduate courses in reading, and being an elementary school principal and a university professor. Suggests the need for a rational balance between whole language and phonics. (RS)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Hatch, J. Amos – Reading Improvement, 1993
Describes the ways key issues in whole-language implementation were handled in Tennessee's pilot program. Offers a framework for encouraging teachers to look closely at the advantages of whole language without squeezing them between a rock and a hard place. (RS)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Program Descriptions
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Foley, Christy L. – Reading Improvement, 1991
Discusses Guam's unique multicultural student and teacher population. Describes two classroom language arts activities (the method of taped repeated reading and "write around") that have met with success and continue to gain momentum in Guam's classrooms. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Arts
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Usova, Constance J.; Usova, George M. – Reading Improvement, 1993
Describes an intensive integrated art and language arts instructional program for first-grade at-risk children. Notes that a combination of whole language, language experience, and basal reading approaches. Finds a marked improvement in reading, writing ability, and language ability. (RS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Basal Reading, Grade 1, High Risk Students