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Cooper, Patsy – Teachers and Writers, 1993
Expresses frustration concerning teachers relying on reading activities about stories, rather than on the stories themselves. Discusses: parents reacting to their children's choice of stories; using stories on video; stories for children reading below grade level; lack of confidence in the power of stories; whole language and writing; invented…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, High Risk Students, Invented Spelling, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedBruck, Maggie; Teiman, Rebecca; Caravolas, Marketa; Genesee, Fred; Cassar, Marie – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
The spelling skills of grade three children who had received whole-language instruction since they began to learn to read were compared with those of grade three children attending a phonics program. Overall, the phonics group produced more accurate word spellings than the whole-language group. In addition, the phonics children's spelling of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 3, Graphemes, Invented Spelling
Download full textMiller, Edward Ed.; Graves-Desai, Kelly, Ed.; Maloney, Karen, Ed. – Harvard Education Letter, 1996
This document is comprised of volume 12 of the Harvard Education Letter, published bimonthly and addressing current issues in elementary-secondary education. Articles in this volume include the following: (1) January-February--"Early Reports From Kentucky on Cash Rewards for 'Successful' Schools Reveal Many Problems" (Miller), "New…
Descriptors: Accountability, American Indian Culture, At Risk Persons, Block Scheduling
