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Using Word Boxes as a Large Group Phonics Approach in a First Grade Classroom.
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Joseph, Laurice M. – Reading Horizons, 2000
Explores the effectiveness of "word boxes" phonics instruction on beginning first-grade children's word identification and spelling performance. Finds that children in the word boxes condition significantly outperformed children in a more traditional phonics condition. Indicates that word boxes lessons can be a viable phonics approach to…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness, Literacy
Developing First Graders' Phonemic Awareness, Word Identification and Spelling: A Comparison of Two Contemporary Phonic Instructional Approaches.
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Joseph, Laurice M. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2000
Compares the effectiveness of word box instruction and word sort instruction on 42 first-grade children's phonemic awareness, word identification, and spelling performance. Finds significant differences favoring (1) word box instruction over traditional instruction on all measures except spelling; and (2) word sort instruction over traditional…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness