Descriptor
Source
| Electronic Learning | 1 |
Author
| Antonelli, Judith | 1 |
| Burns-Paterson, Abigail L. | 1 |
| Carrigg, Fred | 1 |
| Garofalo, Carol | 1 |
| Pesce, Regina T. | 1 |
| Ramella, Gary | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Administrators | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
| New Jersey | 5 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| California Achievement Tests | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Antonelli, Judith – 1991
A study investigated the decoding automaticity of elementary students when receiving rule-based instruction (as a process of applying syllable and structural analysis rules and limited phonics), and when receiving holistic instruction in a whole language program (exercises in listening, reading and writing, integrated with classroom instruction…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Garofalo, Carol – 1991
A descriptive study determined the extent to which the language experience approach (LEA) is used in the kindergarten and first grades of six northwest Bergen County, New Jersey, school districts. Anonymous surveys were mailed to all kindergarten and first-grade teachers in these districts. Forty-five (63%) of the surveys were returned. Results…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Educational Research, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Burns-Paterson, Abigail L. – 1991
A study investigated whether students in whole language based and basal reader approaches would have different concepts of reading when asked to define reading. Subjects, 69 suburban New Jersey first and third graders and 16 New Zealand first graders, were asked 3 questions: "What is reading?"; "What do you do when you read?";…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
Pesce, Regina T. – 1990
A study was conducted to determine the current trends in reading materials and methods used to teach first grade students to read in the Northern Valley Region of Bergen County, New Jersey. Twenty-one first grade teachers responded to a survey which consisted of open-ended questions asking about goals and incentives, multiple choice questions on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Trends, Grade 1, Primary Education
Carrigg, Fred; Ramella, Gary – Electronic Learning, 1996
Describes how a school district in the mostly poor or working class Union City, New Jersey "remade" its schools before integrating technology. They adopted a whole-language approach, which facilitated other changes: replacement of old texts with classroom libraries of authentic literature; interdisciplinary scheduling; removal of pullout…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
