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Peer reviewedPienaar, Peter T. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Describes and evaluates "Breakthrough to Literacy," a beginning reading scheme based on the language experience approach and launched in Saskatoon, Canada schools in 1974. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Language Experience Approach, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Weber, Elaine Marie – 1975
This study examined the effects of two programs which differed in the methods they employed to develop reading readiness. The two methods represented were a language experience approach and a phonics approach. The subjects were children from kindergarten classes in two elementary schools in Flint, Michigan. All subjects were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Language Experience Approach, Phonics
Download full textDistrict of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1971
Descriptions of reading programs and services related to elementary reading instruction in 16 Washington, D.C. schools are included in this report. Data are reported for grade levels only and combines information for all schools. Basal readers are the most commonly used materials, with approaches used with these materials varying greatly across…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Peer reviewedSchickedanz, Judith A. – Review of Educational Research, 1990
In the research paper considered, Stahl and Miller compare the effectiveness of whole language/language experience programs versus basal reader approaches. The article is criticized for its lack of longitudinal data, alternative interpretations, and information concerning the broad goals of whole language approaches. (TJH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
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
Moilanen, Carolyn – 1986
Intended to provide the Portland Public Schools Curriculum Department documentation of the second-year kindergarten implementation and to provide kindergarten teachers data to support the development of a readiness continuum and placement criteria, this report furnishes a detailed explanation and survey of the Writing to Read program, an…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Instructional Development
Peer reviewedMcGee, Lea M.; Lomax, Richard G. – Review of Educational Research, 1990
In the research paper considered, Stahl and Miller compare the effectiveness of whole language/language experience programs versus basal reader approaches. The article is criticized for misrepresenting concepts related to emergent literacy and inadequately defining whole language, the lack of equivalence between the two nonbasal approaches, and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading)
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
