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Peer reviewedDurkin, Dolores – Educational Leadership, 1978
If taught well, reading instruction can have a positive effect on kindergarten children. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedDurkin, Dolores – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Environmental Influences, Individual Differences, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedDurkin, Dolores – Reading Teacher, 1987
Reports findings of a study of current practices in kindergarten programs showing that teachers seldom use test results to adapt instruction to individual needs. (FL)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Download full textDurkin, Dolores – 1987
Academic testing observed in a year-long study of kindergarten classes in 15 districts was primarily concerned with whether children were succeeding with the content of a basal reader readiness workbook that essentially dealt with phonics. Such success was viewed as a prerequisite for the first preprimer in the basal series, the use of which…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Kindergarten
