Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ360613
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Publication Date: 1987
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Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition: Two Field Experiments.
Stevens, Robert J.; And Others
Reading Research Quarterly, v22 n4 p433-54 Fall 1987
Describes two studies conducted to evaluate a comprehensive cooperative learning approach to elementary reading and writing instruction: Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC). Found significant effects in favor of the CIRC students on standardized measures of reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, language expression, oral reading, and spelling. (SKC)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grammar, Heterogeneous Grouping, Language Arts, Metacognition, Oral Reading, Program Evaluation, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Writing Relationship, Spelling, Vocabulary, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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