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Peer reviewedMyers, John W; Hilliard, Robert D. – Childhood Education, 1997
Discusses the advantages of using a holistic language approach, its relationship to middle school theory, and guidelines for its implementation. Suggests that holistic language literacy approaches hold great promise for the middle grades. By integrating language skills and using real literature and authentic activities focused on students'…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Carrigg, Fred; Ramella, Gary – Electronic Learning, 1996
Describes how a school district in the mostly poor or working class Union City, New Jersey "remade" its schools before integrating technology. They adopted a whole-language approach, which facilitated other changes: replacement of old texts with classroom libraries of authentic literature; interdisciplinary scheduling; removal of pullout…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
