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| Korkeamaki, Riitta-Liisa | 2 |
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| Tiainen, Outi | 1 |
| Voeten, Marinus J. M. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedKorkeamaki, Riitta-Liisa; Dreher, Mariam Jean – Journal of Literacy Research, 1996
Investigates children's reading strategies and progress when a meaning-based approach to reading instruction was implemented in a first-grade reading classroom. Describes the design of a reading program in which the teacher introduced totally predictable books, literacy-related centers, and minilessons in context on selected letter-sound…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Primary Education, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedDufva, Mia; Niemi, Pekka; Voeten, Marinus J. M. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2001
Examines the relationships among phonological awareness, phonological memory, and development of reading skills in a longitudinal study, by following 222 Finnish preschoolers through grade 2. Focuses on the role of phonological memory in word recognition and comprehension. Underlines the stability of development of phonological memory,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Listening Comprehension, Longitudinal Studies, Memory
Peer reviewedKorkeamaki, Riitta-Liisa; Tiainen, Outi; Dreher, Mariam Jean – National Reading Conference Yearbook, 1998
Finds that a strategy-instruction approach helped second-grade students to find needed information in the nonfiction texts they read and eliminate the copying of text. Discusses how students learned to search for information, take notes, organize notes, and use those notes to compose a report in their own words. (SR)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Foreign Countries, Grade 2
