Of 10 participating inner-city school teachers, five used a modified basal series, and five used the language experience approach for reading instruction. Monthly training sessions were held, and the Medley and Smith's Observation Scale and Rating-Reading was used to lend objectivity to the monthly observations of each teacher. The following…

Thirty-three first grade classrooms in Georgia were observed to determine the state of language experience instruction and to examine whether such instruction makes a difference in students' awareness of the reading purpose, their knowledge of instructional terminology, their reading attitudes, and their reading achievement. The Allen Level of…

Reading teachers and specialists have a difficult task in determining which components need to be emphasized in a quality reading program. Vital goals need to be achieved, experiences and activities must capture learner interest, and sequence in learning and organization of subject matter must guide student integration of knowledge. The scope of…

THE 3-YEAR CRAFT PROJECT, COMPARING READING APPROACHES IN FIRST-GRADE TEACHING, STUDIED THE SKILLS-CENTERED APPROACH AND THE LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE APPROACH. ABOUT 1,372 DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY PARTICIPATED. THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST-GRADE STUDY AND THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE SECOND-GRADE STUDY WERE REPORTED LAST YEAR. THE RESULTS…

THIS STUDY IS PART OF THE CRAFT READING PROJECT OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WHICH IS INVESTIGATING THE READING PROGRESS OF DISADVANTAGED URBAN NEGRO CHILDREN. IN THE PRESENT STUDY, CHILDREN IN GRADES ONE, TWO, AND THREE, WITH AND WITHOUT PREVIOUS KINDERGARTEN EXPERIENCE, WERE TAUGHT READING BY TWO BASIC METHODS, EACH DIVIDED INTO TWO…

The extended effects of two instructional approaches, the Coordinated Basal Language Arts Approach and the Integrated Experience Approach to Communication, on pupils' language development at the second- and third-grade levels were investigated. Original subjects were 669 first graders who were pretested for readiness and intelligence. Of these,…

This study was designed to ascertain whether the self-acceptance of second grade Chicano children could be improved by incorporating into the curriculum selected activities which reflected characteristics of each child to himself and by adding a supplementary language experience approach to reading. Subjects included 91 children from two…

According to a review of current reading research, components of language experience, whole language, and computer-assisted instruction need to be incorporated into the core basal reading program to make reading meaningful and enjoyable for all students. The basal reading approach continues to be used by the majority of teachers in elementary…

A field-tested "worktext," this book applies current theory to classroom practice by providing, in each chapter, a brief explanation of major concepts followed by guided practical experience in administering, scoring, and interpreting reading assessment techniques. The book emphasizes the use of assessment and diagnosis for instructional…

Reports on a study comparing the use of the language experience approach and a traditional reading lab approach in which LEA students made equal or greater gains in verbal ability. (MKM)

To examine the effects of whole language and language experience approaches on beginning reading achievement, a quantitative synthesis was performed on two databases: 5 first-grade studies of the United States Office of Education and 46 additional studies comparing basal reading approaches to whole language and language experience approaches. (SLD)