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Peer reviewedSawyer, Diane J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This paper discusses the history of U.S. reading instruction; instructional approaches and learning processes; the whole language view of literacy acquisition; promoting literate behavior through reading to or writing with children, shared reading, and guiding children's reading/writing; and use of the whole language approach with…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedBloome, David; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This article discusses reading and writing as (1) cognitive processes influenced by social and cultural contexts; (2) sociocognitive processes; (3) a social relationship between authors and readers; and (4) social and cultural activities. Pedagogy and politics in the whole language classroom are also discussed. (JDD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Activities, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education
