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Coley, Joan Develin – 1990
The biggest concern with whole language instruction lies in ignoring some of the obvious problems in implementation or denying that there could be any problems at all. Problems mentioned by Maryland reading supervisors involve: teacher competence; phonics/spelling/skills instruction; responses of whole language advocates when asked what direction…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Instructional Effectiveness, Integrated Activities, Language Arts
