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Peer reviewedSmith, Frank – Language Arts, 2003
Considers how public opinion and entire theories of teaching reading are based in the false Just So story--Just Sound Out, and you can read. Explains why sounding out is a handicap. Suggests a better alternative, teaching by recognizing words. (SG)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Politics of Education
