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Sanden, Sherry; MacPhee, Deborah A.; Hartle, Luminita; Poggendorf, Stephen; Zuiderveen, Caleb – Reading Horizons, 2022
Increasingly alarmed by instructional mandates more founded on journalistic rhetoric and popular opinion than on research findings or practitioner expertise, researchers gathered survey data from teachers to better understand the status of K-2 phonics instruction. Data demonstrate that the overwhelming majority of these K-2 teachers teach phonics,…
Descriptors: Phonics, Reading Instruction, Primary Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Brannon, Diana; Fiene, Judy – Education, 2013
Many pre-service teachers express a lack of confidence and preparedness to face the challenges of teaching reading in today's classrooms. The current study looks at whether Structured Participation Experiences (SPE) in reading increase pre-service teachers' preparedness to teach reading compared to more traditional unstructured field experiences.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Rose, Dale S.; Magnotta, Micheline – Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Numerous studies have identified isolated elements for successfully teaching early reading. However, very few studies have examined the effect of early reading programs that use a combination of multiple research-based practices. A 4-year longitudinal study starting with 243 students was conducted to determine the effects of the "Reading in…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reading Tests, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
The SuccessMaker[R] program is a set of computer-based courses used to supplement regular classroom reading instruction in grades K-8. Using adaptive lessons tailored to a student's reading level, SuccessMaker[R] aims to improve understanding in areas such as phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and concepts of…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
EMANS, ROBERT – 1965
THE USEFULNESS OF PHONIC RULES IN READING INSTRUCTION BEYOND THE FOURTH-GRADE LEVEL WAS INVESTIGATED TO ASCERTAIN IF THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED BY THEODORE CLYMER AND REPORTED IN THE JANUARY 1963 ISSUE OF "THE READING TEACHER" WERE VALID WHEN APPLIED TO A MORE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF VOCABULARY. LISTS OF ALL POSSIBLE WORDS (FROM A SAMPLE…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Methods Research, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Saratore, Katherine K.; Walsh, Mary Ann – 1996
A study examined an early reading intervention program designed to lead children, identified with low reading readiness at the start of first grade, to an appropriate reading level by the end of a 6-month period. Subjects were students entering first grade in a middle class community in northern Illinois. The problems of low reading readiness were…
Descriptors: Action Research, Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Early Intervention