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Groff, Patrick – Reading World, 1976
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Context Clues, Primary Education, Reading Instruction

Groff, Patrick – Reading Horizons, 1979
Using first- and second-grade students, this study examined the use of sentence contexts for word identification by beginning readers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Context Clues, Primary Education, Reading Research
Groff, Patrick – 1985
Intended to help dispel several unsupported "myths" about reading instruction, this book analyzes a selected group of teaching practices that have been supported by reading experts but not by research findings. The "myths" discussed in the first 12 chapters of the book are as follows: (1) phonics hinders comprehension; (2) unpredictable spelling…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Dictionaries, Educational Theories, Elementary Education