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Learning, 1995
The article explains how elementary teachers can strike a balance between whole language and traditional approaches to reading instruction, describing successful programs and sharing several teachers' suggestions for combining the two methods in the classroom. A list of reading resources is included. (SM)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Roskos, Kathy – 1990
A study examined differences between a prescriptive individualized approach to literacy instruction in adult basic education (ABE) settings. Six ABE classrooms participated in the study with four continuing traditional literacy instruction and two providing whole language-oriented literacy instruction. Average attendance per session was 12 adults.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Environment, Diagnostic Teaching