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Peer reviewedFoorman, Barbara R. – School Psychology Review, 1995
Reviews "Great Debate" over code emphasis versus meaning emphasis in reading instruction, concluding incidental instruction provided by writing activities of whole language do not guarantee alphabetic understanding. Attempts to disassociate instruction in alphabetic coding from criticism of components of whole-language instruction and challenges…
Descriptors: Children, Letters (Alphabet), Phonology, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedFoley, Christy L. – Reading Improvement, 1991
Discusses Guam's unique multicultural student and teacher population. Describes two classroom language arts activities (the method of taped repeated reading and "write around") that have met with success and continue to gain momentum in Guam's classrooms. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Arts
Peer reviewedFlickinger, Gayle Glidden; Long, Emily S. – Reading Improvement, 1990
Shares ways in which teachers who use a basal reading series can go beyond the manual and integrate the whole language approach into the language arts program. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection
