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Jardine, David W.; Field, James C. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1991
A proposed research project is described in which two university-based researchers and four elementary school teachers will investigate problematic features of "whole language instruction" in monthly reflexive conversations. One hypothesis is that problems with whole language practice are indicative of a more broadly based cultural…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Matthews, Marian K. – 1992
This descriptive study looked at the provision of differentiated language arts instruction for gifted students by means of whole language instruction approaches in regular classes. Two classrooms in each of two elementary schools were identified as exemplary whole language classrooms and each contained several students identified for school gifted…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Practices, Gifted, Intermediate Grades