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Peer reviewedFarris, Pamela J. – Language Arts, 1991
Discusses the issue of handwriting instruction through the whole language philosophy and direct instruction methods. States the approaches that each teaching method would use. (MG)
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Whole Language Approach
Peer reviewedVarble, Mary Ellen – Journal of Educational Research, 1990
Second graders taught by the whole language approach produced better writing samples, for content and meaning, than did second graders taught by the traditional approach. No differences were evident in the use of mechanics. Sixth grade samples evidenced no difference between the two approaches. (IAH)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Conventional Instruction, Data Analysis, Grade 2
Download full textManning, Maryann; And Others – 1990
A study compared the writing development and ideas about writing of students in a whole language program with students in a skills-oriented program from the time they entered kindergarten to the end of the second grade. Subjects were 22 inner city students who completed second grade out of an original kindergarten cohort of 50 minority students…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
