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Peer reviewedCagney, Margaret A. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Language Experience Approach
Reading Newsreport, 1971
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Grade 1, Grade 2, Language Experience Approach
Download full textPatterson, Retie Y. – 1992
The practicum reported in this paper addressed the high percentage of children receiving below average grades in an average first grade reading comprehension class by implementing an integrated approach to reading. Various screening devices, a survey of kindergarten teachers, the Dolch Basic Sight Word Test, the Analytical Reading Inventory (Woods…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Grade 1
Sampson, Michael R.; And Others – 1982
Publishers of basal reading series claim that beginning reading materials must contain primarily high frequency words and that new words must be introduced gradually. Inherent in their argument is the position that reading is based on the student's ability to recognize words and that short, phonetically regular words are easier to read. To examine…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Language Experience Approach
The Effect of a Language-Based Reading Approach upon the Reading Strategies of First Grade Children.
Gardiner, D. Elizabeth – 1978
The effects of a language-based reading approach on the reading strategies of first grade children were examined in a study involving a total of 40 children. Half of the students were placed in an experimental group that was exposed to the language-based reading approach, and half were placed in a control group that was taught to read by a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Language Acquisition
Leahy, Peg – 1989
To measure the effectiveness of the computer based instructional system designed to develop the writing and reading skills of kindergarten and first grade students, Writing to Read (WTR), which was implemented by three Kettering (Ohio) Elementary Schools in l988 and three more in 1989, was examined in five areas related to the program. Results…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedFreeman, Ruth H.; Freeman, Gerald G. – Reading Psychology, 1987
Examines different approaches to reading acquisition used in four first grades of a suburban elementary school. Supports the use of a language experience approach as a viable alternative to the basal reader approach for teaching reading and writing. (JK)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Language Arts
Peer reviewedWilkinson, Ian G.; Brown, Cathy A. – Reading Psychology, 1983
Reports on two studies that examined differences in the processing strategies of beginning readers, as indicated by an analysis of oral reading errors. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Koldewyn, Elizabeth Ann – 1998
A study examined the effects of prior knowledge on the reading comprehension of disadvantaged first-grade students from an inner-city school in northern Utah. A thematic approach using trade books, field experiences, Language Experience Activities, and student journals was used to increase background knowledge of the at-risk first graders who were…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Disadvantaged Youth, Field Experience Programs
Bruton, Ronald W.; Owen, Thomas R. – 1988
A study compared the effectiveness of intensive phonics instruction (a combination of the Distar and Lippincott methods) with a language experience approach (Success in Reading program) in the first and second grades. Subjects, 48 first and second grade students in the Hillsboro School District in Oregon, were divided into two groups (matched…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1973
Activities in this teacher's guide for unit one of a Spanish Language Arts curriculum for first graders are grouped into structured reading and listening (related comprehension and interpretation skills for each), and oral language development and language-experience reading. Three small picture books for students (brief Spanish…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Cooperation
