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Mills, Lynne – Reading Research and Instruction, 1998
Explores the kind of hypotheses English-speaking children between 3 and 6 years of age constructed and how these hypotheses compared to those found in children who speak other languages. Considers children's use of the syllabic and alphabetic principles; gives credence to the fact that the appearance of the syllabic hypothesis may be universal.…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Language Research, Language Role, Preschool Children
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
This report focuses on a family of interventions that includes all "Direct Instruction" products ("DISTAR" and "Language for Learning"). "Direct Instruction" was used to refer to this family of interventions, as well as to all versions past and present. "Direct Instruction" includes teaching…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Reading, Teaching Methods, Student Characteristics
Stice, Carole F.; Waddell, Jill – 1985
Research conducted since the early 1970s has provided important insights into how written language develops and how teachers can best foster that growth. One of these promotes the holistic approach to language instruction--to nurture the emergent speller is to nurture the emergent reader, writer, speaker, listener, and thinker. Another important…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Decoding (Reading), Developmental Stages