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Binks-Cantrell, Emily; Washburn, Erin K.; Joshi, R. Malatesha; Hougen, Martha – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2012
The Peter Effect (Applegate & Applegate, 2004) claimed that one cannot be expected to give what one does not possess. We applied this notion to reading teacher preparation and hypothesized that teacher educators who do not possess an understanding of basic language constructs would not prepare teacher candidates with an understanding of these…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
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Joshi, R. Malatesha; Binks, Emily; Hougen, Martha; Dahlgren, Mary E.; Ocker-Dean, Emily; Smith, Dennie L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Several national reports have suggested the usefulness of systematic, explicit, synthetic phonics instruction based on English word structure along with wide reading of quality literature for supporting development in early reading instruction. Other studies have indicated, however, that many in-service teachers are not knowledgeable in the basic…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonics, Phonemes, Beginning Reading