Whole Language Works: Sixty Years of Research.

Daniels, Harvey; Zemelman, Steve; Bizar, Marilyn

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ERIC Number: EJ594873

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Whole Language Works: Sixty Years of Research.

Daniels, Harvey; Zemelman, Steve; Bizar, Marilyn

Educational Leadership, v57 n2 p32-37 Oct 1999

"Decodable text" devotees say phonics is scientifically superior to the whole-language approach, which supposedly lacks research validation. However, 60 years of research supports holistic, literature-based approaches to literacy. Whole-language instruction is further validated by research on independent reading, cooperative learning, Reading Recovery, and beginning reading. Contains 46 references. (MLH)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cooperative Learning, Decoding (Reading), Educational History, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Independent Reading, Literacy Education, Phonics, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Whole Language Approach, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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