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Marquardt, Edward T. – Elementary English, 1974
A program based on the use of printed materials available in the community was successful in improving language skills and student attitudes. (JH)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Grade 2, Grade 3, Language Experience Approach
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Mallett, Graham – Journal of Reading, 1977
Reports on a study comparing the use of the language experience approach and a traditional reading lab approach in which LEA students made equal or greater gains in verbal ability. (MKM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Junior High Schools, Language Experience Approach, Learning Laboratories
Messerschmidt, Ralph M. – 1977
The practicum described in this study sought to motivate pupils to want to learn to read and to improve their reading skills. Three hundred eighty-two pupils from second through ninth grade who were identified as having reading deficiences were admitted on a referral basis. A standardized test was used to diagnose strengths and weaknesses in…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach
Moss, R. Kay; Stansell, John C. – 1981
The case study of James, a semiliterate 16-year-old delinquent, illustrates (1) the importance of learners' language strengths, (2) the importance of learners' perceptions about the nature of assigned tasks, and (3) the need to examine reading instruction as a possible contributor to delayed literacy. When James was asked to tape record a story,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Language Attitudes, Language Experience Approach
Gardiner, D. Elizabeth – 1978
The effects of a language-based reading approach on the reading strategies of first grade children were examined in a study involving a total of 40 children. Half of the students were placed in an experimental group that was exposed to the language-based reading approach, and half were placed in a control group that was taught to read by a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Language Acquisition