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Download full textNewman, Harold – 1969
A discussion of several shortcomings of phonics instruction is aimed at aiding teachers in avoiding such pitfalls as (1) following just one method of phonics instruction whether or not it is helpful to children, (2) treating all children alike and teaching them all the same phonetic elements at the same time, (3) continuing an approach regardless…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Individualized Instruction, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Newman, Harold – 1979
In discussing word recognition, Kenneth Goodman argues that preoccupation with words, leters, and sounds cuts off children from the meaning-seeking function of reading; that oral and written language are parallel modes of obtaining meaning from language; and that reading is a selective rather than a precise process of word perception. A review of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Theories, Instructional Design, Phonics
