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Peer reviewedTaylor, JoEllyn – Language Arts, 1977
A disproportionate emphasis on mechanics impairs students' reading by detracting from the focus they should have on making sense of the world. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Reading
Peer reviewedDeFord, Diane E. – Language Arts, 1981
Discusses the literacy problems caused by teaching reading and writing separately and by teaching in isolation the skills required in these two processes. (HTH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Language Arts
