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Fletcher, Jack M.; Savage, Robert; Vaughn, Sharon – Educational Psychology Review, 2021
Bowers ("Educational Psychology Review," 32, 681-705, 2020) reviewed 12 meta-analytic syntheses addressing the effects of phonics instruction, concluding that the evidence is weak to nonexistent in supporting the superiority of systematic phonics to alternative reading methods. We identify five issues that limit Bowers' conclusions: (1)…
Descriptors: Phonics, Reading Instruction, Research Problems, Educational Research