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Peer reviewedMeyer, Richard J. – Language Arts, 2002
Presents a critical analysis demonstrating that scripted phonics programs hold student and teachers as curriculum hostages. Begins as an investigation into the uses of predictable texts to teach reading in primary classrooms. Discusses how the mandated program is so oriented to preciseness that the students are less willing to take risks as…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Design, Educational Principles
