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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
Peer reviewedTraweek, Dean; Berninger, Virginia – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1997
This study compared two beginning reading programs, Integrated Reading-Writing (IR-W) and DISTAR in comparable urban schools with students "at risk" for literacy problems. Although the two programs resulted in comparable gains in word recognition and overall reading achievement by the end of first grade, children in IR-W tended to…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Educationally Disadvantaged
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)
