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A Comparison of Innercity Children's Interpretations of Reading and Writing Instruction in the Early Grades in Skills-Based and Whole Language Classrooms.

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Dahl, Karin L.; Freppon, Penny A. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1995

Observes low socioeconomic-level learners during literacy instruction for two years. Finds similarities in learner concern about accuracy. Notes that cross-curricular differences centered on applications of phonics knowledge, responses to literature, coping strategies, and learner perceptions of themselves as readers and writers. Finds a…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Phonics, Primary Education

A Comparison of Inner-City Children's Interpretations of Reading and Writing Instruction in the Early Grades in Skills-Based and Whole Language Classrooms.

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Dahl, Karin L.; Freppon, Penny A. – 1994

A cross-curricular comparison focused on learner interpretations of beginning reading and writing instruction in skills-based and whole language inner-city classrooms across kindergarten and first grade. Subjects, 48 low socioeconomic-status students in four classrooms in two midwestern cities, were observed during literacy instruction twice…

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Comparative Analysis, Inner City