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Andersen, Carol; Farris, Pamela J. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1991
Proposes using literature to teach reading to learning-disabled students as an alternative to basal readers, because authentic text is more predictable, cohesive, and interesting. Additional components of a literature-based program include reading aloud, silent reading, self-selection of materials, meaning-centered curriculum, oral response…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
Ediger, Marlow – 1999
The controlled vocabulary method of reading instruction (popular in the 1950's and 60's in the Dick and Jane basic reading series) had many inherent and numerous strong points. As with all beginning reading instruction methods, including the Big Book, heterogeneous reading group, holism, phonics, library book, and constructivist methods,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Instruction
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LaSasso, Carol J.; Mobley, Robert T. – Volta Review, 1997
A survey of 267 instructional programs for children with hearing impairments found that schools continue to use basal readers and the language experience program extensively with students with hearing impairments; however, almost four of every five programs report that they use a whole-language orientation to reading instruction. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Instructional Design
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Reutzel, D. Ray; Cooter, Robert B. – Journal of Educational Research, 1990
Results of this study supported the belief that whole language strategies and routines used in first grade classrooms will yield scores on traditional reading standardized achievement tests that are comparable or superior to those resulting from the use of basal reader programs. (Author/IAH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Grade 1
Thelen, Judith N. – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
Reexamines the pros and cons of traditional basal reader and literature-based reading programs and those based on the whole language approach. Compares and contrasts classroom teaching methods, goals, and some outcomes. Includes Venn diagram showing overlap and divergence of whole language, literature-based, and traditional basal methods. (ET)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
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Jacobson, John; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Survey examined 1,244 elementary principals' understanding of current issues in elementary reading instruction and information sources they used to learn about issues. Principals reported awareness of current reading issues. They did not have enough confidence in their understanding of issues to give a reasoned rationale for taking one particular…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basal Reading, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Hall, Anita H.; Napier, Lee; Houston-Coleman, Marilyn – 1994
This study examined the attitudes and perceptions of teachers using the whole language approach to teaching reading with those of teachers using the basal approach. Specifically, attitudes were compared based on teachers' instructional selection, district mandates, and personal demographics. Data on attitudes and opinions concerning the teaching…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Board of Education Policy, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
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Snider, Vicki E. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1997
This study evaluated the transfer of decoding skills from a code-emphasis program that used a controlled text to a literature-based basal reading series consistent with the whole language approach. Participants were 11 elementary students with learning disabilities who received reading instruction in a resource program. Results found students…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Generalization
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Holbrook, M. C.; Koenig, A. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This article discusses ways to teach low vision students to read braille, including both parallel instruction (the student learns to read print and braille simultaneously) and nonparallel instruction (the print-reading student learns braille). The following approaches are briefly described: basal reader, language experience, whole language,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basal Reading, Braille, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rowe, Barbara Anne – Policy Review, 1990
Describes the successful use of the beginning reading program called Sing, Spell, Read, and Write (SSRW) in Aberdeen (Mississippi) elementary schools. Using a whole language rather than basal reading approach and emphasizing phonics and total immersion, SSRW has been instrumental in dramatically improving achievement test scores and in combating…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Patterson, Frances R. A. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
Analyzes five cases related to challenges to public school textbooks. Five different U.S. Courts of Appeal have considered the objections of parents to textbooks, and all five found for the defendant school districts. Reveals that what began as a grassroots parental movement evolved into a nationwide crusade that has embroiled communities. (129…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Conservatism, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Reyhner, Jon – 2001
This digest summarizes ways to help young American Indian and Alaska Native children become fluent readers. There are numerous reading intervention programs, each with its own set of claims and counter-claims. Phonics approaches are designed for standard English speakers, and students with limited English abilities end up parroting what they read…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Basal Reading, Culturally Relevant Education, Elementary Education
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Mills, Heidi; Clyde, Jean Anne – Young Children, 1991
Discusses the effects of teachers' beliefs and practices on teachers' perceptions of students' abilities and potential for success. Uses the example of a child referred from a traditional kindergarten, where he did poorly, to a whole language child development center, where he excelled. Urges teachers to examine the impact of their beliefs on…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Grade 1
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Stahl, Steven A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1996
This study examined reading instruction and its effects in schools with two different philosophical stances (process and traditional approaches to reading). Observations of six classes, three using traditional and three using process approaches, indicated that there were far more similarities than differences. Differences in school philosophy made…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basal Reading, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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LaSasso, Carol J.; Mobley, Robert T. – 1997
A national survey of programs (N=798) for deaf students examined: (1) the organizational frameworks (theoretical or methodological) that programs use for reading instruction; (2) the extent to which "Reading Milestones," a basal series developed for deaf/hard-of-hearing (d/hh) students is used; (3) respondents' satisfaction with "Reading…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments
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