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Weber, Elaine Marie – 1975
This study examined the effects of two programs which differed in the methods they employed to develop reading readiness. The two methods represented were a language experience approach and a phonics approach. The subjects were children from kindergarten classes in two elementary schools in Flint, Michigan. All subjects were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Language Experience Approach, Phonics
Finnegan, Margaret H. – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1988
Deaf children need reading programs which emphasize comprehension of meaning rather than syntax and grammar. Successful reading programs can emerge when reading is viewed as a highly social experience, reading materials are meaningful and highly contextualized, and semantic processing in American Sign Language is used to assist reading in English.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Beginning Reading, Deafness, Educational Practices
Stahl, Steven A.; Miller, Patricia D. – 1988
To examine the effects of the language experience approach (LEA) on beginning reading achievement, a study analyzed five projects conducted as part of the United States Office of Education first grade studies and 32 additional studies comparing basal reading approaches to LEA. Using two methods of quantitative synthesis (vote-counting and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
Bruton, Ronald W.; Owen, Thomas R. – 1988
A study compared the effectiveness of intensive phonics instruction (a combination of the Distar and Lippincott methods) with a language experience approach (Success in Reading program) in the first and second grades. Subjects, 48 first and second grade students in the Hillsboro School District in Oregon, were divided into two groups (matched…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
