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Peer reviewedPressley, Michael; Rankin, Joan – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
This literature review contends that whole-language approaches to reading are not well supported by scientific analyses of reading and reading instruction. The paper argues that whole language is not the preferred approach of outstanding primary and special education teachers, who favor instruction which balances decoding instruction and…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), High Risk Students, Literacy Education, Primary Education
