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Peer reviewedStahl, Steven A.; Miller, Patricia D. – Review of Educational Research, 1989
To examine the effects of whole language and language experience approaches on beginning reading achievement, a quantitative synthesis was performed on two databases: 5 first-grade studies of the United States Office of Education and 46 additional studies comparing basal reading approaches to whole language and language experience approaches. (SLD)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Elementary School Students
Download full textStahl, Steven A.; And Others – 1997
A 2-year project was designed to reorganize basal reading instruction as to stress fluent reading and automatic word recognition. The reorganized reading program had three components: a redesigned basal reading lesson, stressing repeated reading and partner reading; a choice reading period during the day; and a home reading program. Over the 2…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education
Peer reviewedStahl, Steven A. – Review of Educational Research, 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
Stahl, Steven A.; And Others – 1994
A two-year study examined the effectiveness of a program to reorganize basal reading instruction to stress fluent reading and automatic word recognition. The reorganized reading program had three components--a redesigned basal reading lesson, stressing repeated reading and partner reading; a choice reading period during the day; and a home reading…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
Direct linkStahl, Steven A.; Heubach, Kathleen M. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2005
This paper reports the results of a two-year project designed to reorganize basal reading instruction to stress fluent reading and automatic word recognition. The reorganized reading program had three components: a redesigned basal reading lesson that included repeated reading and partner reading, a choice reading period during the day, and a home…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Word Recognition, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement
Stahl, Steven A.; Miller, Patricia D. – 1988
To examine the effects of the language experience approach (LEA) on beginning reading achievement, a study analyzed five projects conducted as part of the United States Office of Education first grade studies and 32 additional studies comparing basal reading approaches to LEA. Using two methods of quantitative synthesis (vote-counting and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
Peer reviewedStahl, Steven A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1996
This study examined reading instruction and its effects in schools with two different philosophical stances (process and traditional approaches to reading). Observations of six classes, three using traditional and three using process approaches, indicated that there were far more similarities than differences. Differences in school philosophy made…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basal Reading, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
