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Download full textConnell, James V., Ed. – 1992
This summary reports on a research project that looked at the relationship of whole language instruction to adult basic education (ABE) learning. It begins with the background of the three research projects. This section discusses the staff development program that enabled teachers to understand whole language, its principles, and its strategies…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Educational Research
Calfee, Robert – 1991
It is argued that a reformulation of reading and writing in the elementary grades can integrate the following three buzzwords of American education: (1) students at-risk for school failure; (2) the whole-language movement; and (3) restructuring. Critical literacy can serve as the centerpiece for empowering teachers and administrators as…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
