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Download full textDenton, David R. – 1998
This paper contends that the most difficult task facing state policymakers is to understand that the strong feelings on both sides of the reading debate may not be truly reflective of the choices before them--it is not a choice between teaching reading through phonics or whole language. The paper states that a good whole language program must…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Practices, Phonics, Primary Education
Flippo, Rona F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Distressed by media headlines trumpeting supposed "reading-and-writing wars," a reading education professor discusses his Delphi survey of 11 reading experts. Experts agreed that emphasizing only phonics instruction and drill-and-practice would make learning to read difficult. Reading would be facilitated by bringing together…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Elementary Education, Literacy Education, Mass Media
