Beginning Reading: Are We Doing Only Half the Job?.

Willems, Arnold L.

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ERIC Number: EJ215471

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Publication Date: 1979-Apr

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Beginning Reading: Are We Doing Only Half the Job?

Willems, Arnold L.

Kappa Delta Pi Record, v15 n4 p124-26 Apr 1979

Current theories about teaching children to read overemphasize use of the left brain hemisphere. Children with a right-hemisphere dominance are likely to experience difficulties unless reading experiences are planned which capitalize on right-brain characteristics: divergent thinking and creative activities, hands-on experiences, and free reading. (SJL)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Style, Creative Activities, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Theories, Reading Difficulty, Reading Instruction, Student Needs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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