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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
Peer reviewedAllington, Richard L.; Johnston, Peter H.; Day, Jeni Pollack – Language Arts, 2002
Suggests that good fourth-grade teaching is an expert activity--a complex activity that is not amenable to scripted materials, standardized lessons, or any one-size-fits-all plan for the organization of instruction. Shows that the 30 exemplary teachers discussed produce superior educational gains as measured on standardized achievement tests--not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Educational Principles, Grade 4
