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Kim, James S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
In this article, the author examines the troubled history of the relationship between research and practice in the area of early reading instruction. He describes how researchers have historically addressed controversies about reading instruction and explains why good research seems to have a delayed and limited impact on reading policy and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Early Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Sloat, Elizabeth A.; Beswick, Joan F.; Willms, J. Douglas – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
Most children who do not learn to read during the primary grades will probably never learn to read well. Children who reach the end of third grade with low literacy skills typically have less access to the regular curriculum, require long-term support, and fall further behind their peers in literacy achievement and curricular knowledge. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Identification
Larrick, Nancy – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Proposes that the illiteracy problem should be addressed by encouraging children's love of reading while they are developing reading skills. Analyzes why current programs are ineffective and recommends following the approach of the "Open Sesame Program" in New York City, which employs creative methods to teach English to Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Illiteracy, Literacy Education
Wilson, G. Pat; Martens, Prisca; Arya, Poonam; Altwerger, Bess – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
Are programs that emphasize systematic phonics instruction truly superior to other types of programs for young readers, as the National Reading Panel claims? The authors conducted a study of three different programs to see what kinds of readers are actually emerging from them. Two were commercial programs that used explicit and systematic phonics…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Early Reading, Teaching Methods, Inferences
Carbo, Marie – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Recent research on reading reveals many methods work for teaching reading. There are three individual reading styles: (1) those who need phonics, (2) those who can learn it but don't need it, and (3) those unable to learn phonics. The level of reading achievement depends on how well instructional program accommodates to an individual's reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Phonics