Descriptor
Phonics | 3 |
Reading Research | 3 |
Beginning Reading | 2 |
Primary Education | 2 |
Reading Instruction | 2 |
Word Recognition | 2 |
Cognitive Processes | 1 |
Cognitive Style | 1 |
Decoding (Reading) | 1 |
Educational Change | 1 |
Educational History | 1 |
More ▼ |
Author
Groff, Patrick | 3 |
Fulwiler, Gwen | 1 |
Publication Type
Reports - Research | 3 |
Journal Articles | 2 |
Books | 1 |
Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Fulwiler, Gwen; Groff, Patrick – Reading Horizons, 1980
Concludes that intensive phonics teaching produces greater beginning reading achievement than do reading programs that deemphasize phonics teaching. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Phonics, Primary Education, Reading Instruction

Groff, Patrick – Reading Psychology, 1983
Reports on a study that investigated the ability of second grade students to listen to, infer, and produce the correct pronuciations of high-frequency words in a story-like context. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Grade 2, Phonics
Groff, Patrick – 1987
Intended for reading teachers and teacher educators, this book provides an analysis of 12 fallacious beliefs thought to be responsible for the perpetuation of ineffective and inappropriate approaches to reading instruction. The introduction looks at the dangers of the myths that underlie reading instruction, discusses how the myths arise out of an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Decoding (Reading), Educational Change, Educational History