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Download full textDenton, David R. – 1998
This paper contends that the most difficult task facing state policymakers is to understand that the strong feelings on both sides of the reading debate may not be truly reflective of the choices before them--it is not a choice between teaching reading through phonics or whole language. The paper states that a good whole language program must…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Practices, Phonics, Primary Education
Flippo, Rona F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Distressed by media headlines trumpeting supposed "reading-and-writing wars," a reading education professor discusses his Delphi survey of 11 reading experts. Experts agreed that emphasizing only phonics instruction and drill-and-practice would make learning to read difficult. Reading would be facilitated by bringing together…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Elementary Education, Literacy Education, Mass Media
El-Amin, Cassaundra; Richmond, Mark – 1992
Two separate research methodologies, quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis, were employed to determine the differences in second grade children on method of reading instruction. Fifty children in two classrooms from one school in North Carolina were subjects. One of the two teachers employed a literature based methodology, while the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Grade 2, Primary Education, Qualitative Research
Dewalt, Mark; And Others – 1993
The relationship between type of reading instruction (whole language or basal) and reading comprehension as measured by the California Achievement Test (CAT) was investigated. Nineteen third- and fourth-grade teachers from school 5 districts in North Carolina took part in the project with 215 students in the basal group and 200 students in the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – 1997
The 30 papers presented at Wake Forest University's 1997 Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) are as follows: "To Sprint or Crawl: The Effect of Classroom Activities on Student Behavior: (R. Allen); "Generating Good Grammar: Traditional and Whole Language Approaches" (D. Alexander); "Effective Teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Biology, Citizenship Responsibility
