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Download full textMatson, Barbara – Harvard Education Letter, 1996
The argument between advocates of the whole language approach and the phonics approach threatens to become so polarized and politicized that agreeing on a middle ground seems at times impossible, and the voices of reason and experience are drowned out. The debate erupted anew in California after alarming news stories about reading scores ranked…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Phonics
Peer reviewedRowe, Barbara Anne – Policy Review, 1990
Describes the successful use of the beginning reading program called Sing, Spell, Read, and Write (SSRW) in Aberdeen (Mississippi) elementary schools. Using a whole language rather than basal reading approach and emphasizing phonics and total immersion, SSRW has been instrumental in dramatically improving achievement test scores and in combating…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 3
