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Carbo, Marie – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Relates individual student experiences to illustrate that many poor readers are dropouts of programs requiring strongly analytic/auditory reading styles. Recommends adopting the "whole-language" approach for today's global learners. Uses research findings to outline instructional methods that match students' reading styles. (CJH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation, Phonics, Reading Failure
Thomas, Ruth Fleming; Nagel, C. Van – 1988
A creative visualization approach to spelling and word recognition has been tried successfully with both adults and children. Unlike the traditional phonic approach to spelling, which is a left brain, analytical approach, the creative visualization approach uses the right brain. In addition, the approach eliminates the unpleasant associations with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Beginning Reading, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Decoding (Reading)
