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Doyle, Mary Anne – 1987
A study examined the relationship between reading instruction method, sex of learner, word learning proficiency and reading achievement in the first grade. Subjects were 78 males and 88 females chosen from two white, middle class suburban schools, one having a sight vocabulary instruction program, the other a phonic basal program. Students were…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Assessment, Grade 1, Phonics
Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 1986
A number of issues in the reading curriculum need studying, analyzing, and synthesizing. Among them is the emphasis on definite scope and sequence in phonics versus individualized reading. A second issue in the teaching of reading involves the use of precise, measurably stated objectives versus flexible, general goals. A related issue involves…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Thomas, Ruth Fleming; Nagel, C. Van – 1988
A creative visualization approach to spelling and word recognition has been tried successfully with both adults and children. Unlike the traditional phonic approach to spelling, which is a left brain, analytical approach, the creative visualization approach uses the right brain. In addition, the approach eliminates the unpleasant associations with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Beginning Reading, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Decoding (Reading)
Educational Products Information Exchange Inst., Stony Brook, NY. – 1983
A guide for teachers selecting reading textbooks, this report brings together information about basal programs on the market and clarification of important issues in reading instruction. A general analysis of 20 basal programs includes a prose explication and a table comparing contents (skills), reading selections, methodology, assessment tests,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Comprehension
White, Sheila J., Ed.; Teller, Virginia, Ed. – 1984
That the attainment of literacy does not represent a unitary process or a unitary set of skills is reflected in this collection of papers from a variety of disciplines showing concerns about reading problems. Following an introduction by Sheila White, the first half of the book contains the following articles: "The Practice of Literacy: Where Mind…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Language Variation
Bartlett, Elsa Jaffe – 1976
The Distar and Open Court reading programs illustrate contrasting definitions and emphases of reading instruction that are part of a larger concern--how children are expected to use their literacy skills. Both programs teach phonics, but they define phonics in different ways. Each relies on teacher-directed group instruction, but Open Court was…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Children, Comparative Analysis, Conference Reports
ROBINSON, JOANNE A. – 1966
AN INNOVATIVE, BEGINNING-READING PROGRAM WAS EVALUATED DURING A 1-YEAR PERIOD OF CLASSROOM RESEARCH ACTIVITY. THE PROGRAM HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AS A PART OF "PROJECT LITERACY," A BASIC RESEARCH AND CURRICULUM-DEVELOPMENT EFFORT IN AREAS OF EDUCATION RELEVANT TO THE ACQUISITION OF LITERACY SKILLS. THE EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED IN A…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Guides
MURPHY, HELEN A. – 1965
THE PROBLEMS EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY WERE (1) THE RELATIONSHIP OF PERCEPTION OF WORD ELEMENTS TO SIGHT VOCABULARY GROWTH, (2) THE EFFECT OF EARLY TEACHING OF A SPEECH-BASED PHONICS PROGRAM ON READING ACHIEVEMENT, AND (3) THE VALUE OF WRITING EMPHASIS IN THE SPEECH-BASED PHONICS PROGRAM. THREE READING PROGRAMS WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, EACH USED…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 1
BROWN, DON – 1967
ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO GAMES AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING REMEDIAL READING SKILLS ARE COMPILED IN THE AREAS OF PHONICS, FUNCTIONAL SKILLS, STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, BLENDING, COMPREHENSION, FLUENCY AND RATE, AND WORD RECOGNITION. GAME PROCEDURES, MATERIALS NEEDED, AND DIRECTIONS FOR SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION ARE GIVEN. READILY AVAILABLE OR SIMPLY MADE…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary School Students, Instructional Materials, Language Fluency
HAYES, ROBERT B.; WUEST, RICHARD C. – 1968
FOUR APPROACHES TO BEGINNING READING WERE EVALUATED IN A 3-YEAR STUDY OF ELEMENTARY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE FOUR APPROACHES USED WERE (1) A BASAL READER PROGRAM PUBLISHED BY SCOTT, FORESMAN AND CO. (1962), (2) A PHONIC PROGRAM UTILIZING CORRELATED FILMSTRIPS PUBLISHED BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT CO. (1963), (3) A COMBINATION…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Developmental Reading, Directed Reading Activity
Dykstra, Robert – 1968
During the first year of the program, 27 individual projects enrolling approximately 20,000 first-grade pupils were involved. Fifteen of these projects participated in a second-grade followup study. Some conclusions based on an analysis of data are (1) that prereading knowledge of letter names is the best single predictor of reading achievement in…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Kinesthetic Methods
Plate, Ruth Ann – 1978
The daily newspaper was chosen for its flexibility and diversity to provide the materials for the instructional strategies outlined in this teaching guide. The lessons, intended for adaptation to all grade levels, are organized into seven sections: reading readiness, phonics and structural analysis, comprehension skills, life skills, reading in…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Newspapers
Goetz, Elizabeth M.; Etzel, Barbara C. – 1978
Three reading procedures for learning isolated words--whole-word, syllable-blending, and phonics-blending--were examined to determine which was the most effective for preschool children. The six preschool children in the study were divided into two groups to assess the effects of the length and number of different letters in a series of training…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Learning Processes, Phonics
Van Osdol, Bob M.; Geiger, Leonard J. – 1975
A perceptual motor approach to learning phonics is presented in this teaching guide which includes a screening test and 50 learning games encompassing a wide array of phonics skills. Directionality, gross-motor skills, sensory-motor skills, and auditory and visual perceptual skills may be introduced to the children and taught during the games…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Dawson, Mildred A., Comp. – 1971
A series of articles with the chief emphasis on phonics as a means of analyzing words is presented. Various articles pertain to elementary, secondary, and college level instruction. The first of the five parts into which the volume is divided is comprised of a single article which gives an excellent overview of the field of word recognition. Part…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, College Students, Context Clues, Elementary School Students
