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Snel, M. J.; Terwel, J.; Aarnoutse, C. A. J.; van Leeuwe, J. F. J. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
In a field experiment with 178 first-grade pupils, the effects of an experimental beginning reading programme were investigated. Both an experimental and a control group worked with the most frequently used Dutch beginning reading programme, "Learning to Read Safely." The instructional approach implemented in the experimental group was…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Beginning Reading
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Spaai, Gerard W. G.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1991
Experiments investigated the learning effects of two strategies (whole-word and segmented feedback) in beginning readers. Results from both experiments indicate whole-word sound feedback is more helpful than segmented feedback. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
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Blok, Henk; Otter, Martha E.; Overmaat, Marianne; de Glopper, Kees; Hoeksma, Jan B. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2003
Most teachers in developed societies use ready-made programs to teach initial reading. The present study compares the effects of 3 such programs, covering 70% of the market. Programs differed with respect to their student versus whole-class orientation and the availability of teaching materials. The program outcomes investigated were Word Reading,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Literacy, Immigrants
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Hoogeveen, Frans R.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
Four moderately mentally retarded students, aged 8-13, were instructed in a basic skills reading program which emphasized a phonemic alphabet, pictorial cueing, and stimulus manipulation techniques. The training improved the Dutch students' ability to read one- and two-syllable words, and was generalizable to untrained words of the same…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools
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Appelhof, Pieter – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
This article overviews a summative evaluation of the School Advisory Center's innovative initial reading curriculum program from 1972 to 1978 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The evaluation design used was Stake's "countenance model" with description and observation matrices. Reading achievement results were disappointing and were attributed…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Organization, Course Organization, Evaluation Methods