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Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 1991
Debate regarding the teaching of reading as skills versus reading as securing ideas has been in evidence for some time. The "measurably stated objectives" philosophy emphasizes that the act of reading should be divided into specific skills in which the inherent component parts are identified and a highly detailed list of precise objectives are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Conventional Instruction, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedGriffith, Priscilla L.; And Others – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1992
Examined the acquisition of decoding and spelling skills and the writing fluency of first graders who received either whole-language or traditional basal instruction. Children with high phonemic awareness outperformed those with low phonemic awareness on all literacy measures, regardless of the instructional method used. (MM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
