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Cramer, Ronald Lee – 1968
The effect of two methods of reading instruction on the spelling achievement of first-grade students was investigated. Ten first-grade classes received reading instruction utilizing the Language Experience Approach (LEA) and 11 received instruction utilizing the Basal Reader Approach (BRA). One spelling list of 40 phonologically regular words and…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Grade 1, Language Experience Approach, Reading Instruction
Download full textLewiston Independent School District 1, ID. – 1974
This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 879 first- and second-graders, plus one fourth-grade class. The students are predominantly middle-class whites living in a small city. The program is an initial reading program designed to complement any basal reading series. The instructional strategy is based on the…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
Cathcart, Maureen – Elementary English, 1973
Examines the relative merits of the language experience approach, the basal reader approach, and the individualized reading approach for beginning reading instruction, concluding that individualized reading has the advantage of fitting the needs of the student. (RB)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Individualized Reading, Language Experience Approach
MCCULLOUGH, CONSTANCE M. – 1967
THE APPLICATION OF STRUCTURAL LINGUISTICS TO BEGINNING READING IS DISCUSSED. LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE METHODS USED TO TEACH LANGUAGE MUST BE DISTINGUISHED. LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE CHARTS ARE ONE ACCOMPANIMENT TO A READING PROGRAM. THE RELATIVITY OF LANGUAGE IS AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT FOR CHILDREN TO ACQUIRE. THE ROLE OF PHONICS AND BLENDING,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Interpretive Skills
Mackintosh, Helen K., Ed. – 1965
Eight approaches to the teaching of elementary reading are described briefly. The Executive Committee of the Department of Elementary-Kindergarten-Nursery Education of the National Education Association selected the approaches to be discussed. They include (1) Language Experience Approach by R. V. Allen, (2) Phonic Approach by Charles E. Wingo,…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Programs
Tuinman, J. Jaap – 1971
The author explains that there does not exist one single method of teaching reading since there are different teaching styles and preferences of individual teachers; varied backgrounds, experiences, and abilities among children; and different school administration considerations. Five approaches for teaching reading are described. (1) The…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Independent Reading, Individualized Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Howard County Board of Education, Clarksville, MD. – 1974
This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves K-5 students in a small rural town. The strengths of children are the focus of this program, which uses teaching strategies introduced by Robert Wilson of the University of Maryland reading center. Teacher-prepared diagnostic tests and skills checklists are used to…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction
Matthes, Carole – 1972
To successfully apply methods and materials to the student's individual needs, a teacher must be familiar with many reading methods and approaches. This book is designed to provide insights to nine different reading approaches: basal reading, language experience, individualized, linguistic, phonic, alphabetic, programed instruction, preschool…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Individualized Programs, Language Experience Approach, Phonemics
HARRIS, ALBERT J.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE 3-YEAR CRAFT PROJECT, COMPARING READING APPROACHES IN FIRST-GRADE TEACHING, STUDIED THE SKILLS-CENTERED APPROACH AND THE LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE APPROACH. ABOUT 1,372 DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY PARTICIPATED. THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST-GRADE STUDY AND THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE SECOND-GRADE STUDY WERE REPORTED LAST YEAR. THE RESULTS…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Basic Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Experience Approach
HARRIS, ALBERT J.; SERWER, BLANCHE L. – 1966
THE RESULTS OF A STUDY OF THE TIME ALLOCATED TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE ARTS BY 48 TEACHERS OF 1,600 FIRST-GRADE DISADVANTAGED URBAN CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY ARE REPORTED. TWELVE CLASSES EACH WERE ASSIGNED TO ONE OF FOUR METHODS USED IN THE CRAFT PROJECT (COMPARING READING APPROACHES TO FIRST-GRADE TEACHING WITH EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 1
Cramer, Ronald L. – Elem Engl, 1970
Reviewed in a following article by E. Hugh Rudorf, "Review of 'An Investigation of First-Grade Spelling Achievement' by R. L. Cramer, pp. 238-40. (SW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Reading, Creative Writing, Educational Research
Moyle, Donald; Moyle, Louise M. – 1971
Recent approaches and techniques of teaching reading are surveyed in this monograph in a series of the United Kingdom Reading Association. Books, kits, programed learning packages, and reading hardware such as tapes, typewriters, and films are described and evaluated for their usefulness to the classroom teacher. Four major philosophies of reading…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Language Experience Approach, Programed Instructional Materials
WOODCOCK, RICHARD W. – 1967
THE PEABODY-CHICAGO-DETROIT READING PROJECT, A 3-YEAR PROJECT, COMPARED SIX APPROACHES FOR BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION TO YOUNG EDUCABLE MENTAL RETARDATES--(1) THE LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE APPROACH (LE) USING TRADITIONAL ORTHOGRAPHY (TO), (2) LE USING I/T/A, (3) THE BASAL READER APPROACH (BR) USING TO, (4) BR USING I/T/A, (5) BR USING THE REBUS, AN…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Language Experience Approach
Fryburg, Estelle L. – 1972
One hundred native-born, disadvantaged black children were the subject of this study which proposed the following hypotheses: (1) Subjects proficient in spoken language ability would achieve greater gains in reading ability than those deficient in spoken language ability; however, the former group would vary negligibly among sub-groups in reading…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research, Language Ability
Spache, George D. – 1972
This book reviews research on the teaching of elementary reading and summarizes the research in such a way as to make it useful to the elementary school teacher. A number of methods and procedures of instruction are considered. The first chapter discusses when to begin reading and general topics related to teaching young children, and the second…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet
