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Peer reviewedEvans, Mary Ann; Carr, Thomas H. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1985
Compares two groups of primary-grade classrooms differing in their instructional approach to beginning reading to assess the relationship between learning activities, cognitive ability, and reading skill. (HOD)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
Nadler, Diane Leboe – 1989
A literature based reading program was developed to improve reading comprehension skills of 14 students in a Chapter 1 pre-first grade class. Instead of using a basal reader for instruction, the students were exposed to trade or literature books, The reading strategies that were pre- and posttested were recognition of a sight vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, High Risk Students, Kindergarten, Language Experience Approach
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
