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Download full textEngel, Brenda S. – 1991
A two-part study evaluated the effectiveness of Longfellow School's primary-grade whole-language literacy project. Part 1 of the study began in the academic year 1984-85 with children in standard English and bilingual classes in grade K-3. Over a 5-year period, a total of 1,021 individual assessments were carried out on 336 students. Data…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education
Casey, Jean M. – 1992
This booklet presents a qualitative evaluation of the Simi Star Project, which sought to demonstrate the use of a Writing to Read adaptation that supports a literature-based, whole language, writing process environment within kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. After a description of the questions that the evaluation asked, the booklet…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Baker, Esther J. – 1992
Findings from a study that sought to determine the degree to which teachers used an inservice program for the implementation of a primary language and literacy program are presented in this paper. To measure teachers' level of use of the whole language philosophy of learning, the Language and Literacy Questionnaire was administered to 112 primary…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Inservice Education, Language Experience Approach, Primary Education
Hale, Marilyn – 1991
A formative evaluation was conducted during the first year of a whole language literacy project at Sir William Osler High School, Ontario, Canada, which serves students who have been diagnosed as functioning below grade level. Interviews were conducted to collect descriptive information from the six Osler staff members involved in the project, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools
Hale, Marilyn – 1991
A formative evaluation was conducted during the first year of a whole language literacy project at Maplewood High School, Ontario, Canada, which serves students who have been diagnosed as functioning below grade level. Interviews were conducted to collect descriptive information from the five Maplewood staff members involved in the project, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools
Casey, Jean M. – 1992
A study investigated the effectiveness of an adapted Writing to Read (WTR) program that focused on the writing process and included the "Stories and More" software for literature-based emphasis. Over 1000 writing portfolio samples were collected from kindergarten through second grade students in 29 classrooms in 6 California school…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Bruneau, Beverly J.; And Others – 1989
A study was conducted to determine parents' perceptions of a kindergarten program in the face of change toward a holistic language/literacy curriculum. The participants were the parents of 25 children enrolled in an all day kindergarten class of a university-based child development center. Nine of the parents (all mothers) volunteered to be…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Emergent Literacy, Full Day Half Day Schedules, Interviews
Rorschach, Elizabeth; Tillyer, Anthea; Verdi, Gail – 1992
An experimental English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program at City College (New York) is reported. The federally funded project investigated the effectiveness of an instructional method entitled "Fluency First" and based on whole language theories of learning. It requires large amounts of reading and writing, collaboration with peers,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, College Students, Curriculum Development
