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Holdaway, Don – 1979
Intended for teachers, this book on beginning literacy examines questions and solutions concerning literacy theories and practices. Chapter 1, "An Open Approach to Literacy," explores some assumptions about literacy and characteristics of a model for language learning. Chapter 2 presents historical viewpoints and current practices,…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Diagnostic Teaching, Early Experience, Elementary Education
Clay, Marie M. – 1982
The reports of research in this monograph reflect 18 years of observation of the behaviors of children learning to read in New Zealand schools. The first section of the monograph urges teachers to look more closely at language behaviors in their classrooms to see how children go about the tasks set before them. The second section reports on…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis
