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A Longitudinal Investigation of Content, Resources, and Instructional Approaches in a Basal Reading Series within a Research and Policy Context
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Kenavey, Lori Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Basals have played an important role in classroom instruction for almost 200 years. Historically, basal programs have been influenced by both important research and policy reports. This study analyzed one publishing company's basal program across seven editions in order to trace the interaction of research, policy, and publication. Teacher's…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Longitudinal Studies, Publishing Industry, Textbook Publication
Product Information Supplement No. 7: Text-Based Phonics Programs, April, 1969
Dodds, William G., Jr. – Educ Prod Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Instructional Programs, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Influences on Basal Reader Programs.
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Durkin, Dolores – Elementary School Journal, 1987
Describes how in the 1960s and 1970s critics of the schools as well as the transitory interests of the schools themselves were the greatest forces for change in basal reader programs. Discusses how current demand for high test scores has influenced those who prepare basal material. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comprehension, Elementary Education
Research 1960-1970 on Methods and Materials in Reading, II.
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Diederich, Paul B. – 1973
This bulletin summarizes and interprets some of the main findings of "Survey of the Literature on Methods and Materials in Reading," by Martha J. Maxwell and George Temp, Chapter IV of "The Information Base for Reading: A Critical Review of the Information Base for Current Assumptions Regarding the Status of Instruction and Achievement in Reading…
Descriptors: Initial Teaching Alphabet, Phonics, Reading Achievement, Reading Development