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Peer reviewedDaniels, Harvey; Zemelman, Steve; Bizar, Marilyn – Educational Leadership, 1999
"Decodable text" devotees say phonics is scientifically superior to the whole-language approach, which supposedly lacks research validation. However, 60 years of research supports holistic, literature-based approaches to literacy. Whole-language instruction is further validated by research on independent reading, cooperative learning, Reading…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cooperative Learning, Decoding (Reading), Educational History
